How to rig an election

Dear Editor,
The PPP/C has won the elections held on March 2, 2020, that has already been proven by the official documentation of the Statements of Poll or commonly called SoPs, and to date by the recounted SoRs, yet there is no legitimate Government in place. And the simple reason is that the losers, in this case, APNU/AFC, refuses to accept and concede defeat. Their objective at this time is to drag this process on right to the very end – well, of course, I should say “rig” the process at the very end.
Now, the grand scheme to rig the election has already been mapped out but the actual route to get to that final place of declaring APNU/AFC a winner is yet to come to fruition – the rough edges have to be straightened out – and Granger is getting nervous and impatient. Because with each passing day of the recount, PPP/C advances closer and closer to victory while that rigging plan becomes more and more obscure. So, let us do a quick recap of the events of this record-breaking election fiasco:
1. A disastrous and fraudulent declaration by Clairmont Mingo, thereafter triggering some bruising court battles to defend it, or to discard it (depending from whichever end of the argument you are viewing it). Nevertheless, we are now witnessing a recount.
2. The recount is in full swing and the Statements of Recount (SoRs) expose Mingo’s fraud in a clear, transparent and revealing way.
3. Things are not looking good for Granger and something has to be done, so he makes some startling moves. He sends Harmon across to be the CEO of the COVID-19 Task Force.
4.  The Task Force is now packed with party hacks, persons with a prescribed political mandate. This personnel are there to do the expressed will of Granger.  I am talking about political activists with vested interests – the likes of a Volda Lawrence, Joseph Harmon, Moses Nagamootoo, Karen Cummings and other known minions.
5. The Chairwoman asks permission of this politically-aligned Task Force to increase the workstations. After a little brouhaha, they finally give the green light for the establishment of two more stations. This means that there would be an upsurge in the number of boxes counted and the place where a winner would be declared. But this is not going down well with the PNC, things are moving too quickly for their liking, so wait for the backlash.
6. Granger visits Arthur Chung Convention Centre: Granger finally comes out of hibernation to register his disgust at the rapid pace of the recount, things are moving too fast and his coalition is at the edge of a precipice. He is about to lose the election with all certainty.  So he summons a private meeting with GECOM to lay out his plan.
7. He emerges from that meeting to face the press and answer a few questions. He answers “honestly” and “truthfully” saying all the right words to please the public. He comes across as this old, pious, God-fearing, upright and decent leader – God save the President – as he rehashes his script “I will abide by the rulings of the recount” or is he?
8. Reports are that soon after his visit, there should have been a total shutdown of the Arthur Chung recount centre due to COVID-19 scare, and a swear-in based on Mingo’s declaration. But, that was not immediately acted upon due to the fact that it would have been too blatantly obvious. So, a resort to plan (b).
9. The repositioning of the controversial IT technician Enrique Livan as supervisor of the recount for the very same Region Four for which he was implicated in voter tampering. He is again strategically placed to administer the “finishing touches” to the figures as they are presented to the Chief Elections Officer, Mr Lowenfield.
10. At this stage of the rigging apparatus, Livan would get down to the business of doctoring the figures just as he did at the Ashmins building. Figures would metamorphose as they are presented to Lowenfield for the final tally. Well, the question was asked how could he pull that off seeing the final tally for the region would have to be announced to all the stakeholders present and any discrepancies would be met with a blunt refusal. So, to avoid a repeat of the Ashmins fiasco, Lowenfield would hold the results in abeyance just as he did with the SoPs for that region.
11. At this stage, there would be a strong protest for the Region Four declaration to be made public. When there is no let-up in their agitation, the police would be called in to clear the building of all the protesters. This is how the election thieves plan to pull off their rigging stunt.
The point is you keep your enemy talking and the truth will eventually come forth. I must tell you that this is exactly what I did. This is the rigging plan produced and packaged by the bullying PNC partner of the coalition, something they wish to pull off right before our very eyes. However, as much as it seems to be airtight, there are two major hurdles they must surmount (a) How to govern a populace that has seen their rigging through and through? Well, the answer is, rule with the strong-arm of law enforcement never mind the protests and social upheavals, you just have to return to the old system of Burnhamite law.
And the second point is, how to convince the international community that there should not be the immediate implementation of sanctions? After all, The international community will not accept those results, which means that Guyana is rushing headlong into the fold of nations that are called pariah states.

Respectfully submitted,
Neil Adams