Granger recognises the implications of sanctions

Dear Editor,
President David Granger recognises the implications of sanctions, according to his comments on Monday, May 19, 2020 on a radio programme with host Mark Benschop. This is a recognition that he did not have in 2014, when he argued for sanctions to be imposed during the prorogation period.
I write to say that what is curious is that President David Granger did his utmost to avoid the elephant in the room, which is that most of the talk about sanctions has been specifically related to PERSONAL SANCTIONS, and not sanctions for the country.
News reports quote the Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department, Katherine Dueholm, as saying: “If we do have to consider sanctions, there are a number of tools available to the US Government, and they range from visa restrictions to any number of financial measures…
“We were very clear that what we were talking about was anyone who sought to participate in, or benefit from, electoral fraud, or form any illegitimate government on this basis…we are taking about people that seek to participate in, or benefit from, electoral fraud.”
Also, President David Granger is sticking to his line that his government “did nothing wrong” during the electoral process; but he still cannot explain why the Chairman of his party, the PNC, Mrs. Volda Lawrence, had her signature on the Region 4 declaration of results on March 5, 2020.
Neither has he explained why another person connected to his Coalition, Mrs. Carol Joseph, had her signature on the second Region 4 declaration of results made on March 13, 2020.
In all this, however, Guyanese can only hope that he would act to ensure there is no support for attempts to rig the March 2020 Elections, as we saw with the declaration of results for Region 4 after Election Day.

All for your consideration.
Baldeo Mathura