Dear Editor,
Mayor Ubraj Narine should focus on the numerous problems plaguing the City Council instead of venturing out on the propaganda trail and postulating on legal matters for which he is immensely unqualified and lacks the intellectual capacity to lecture anyone on complex legal matters.
To use the Office of the Mayor to call for the illegal swearing-in of a failed candidate, David Granger, who has lost the elections by 15,416 votes, is bordering on lunacy or pure ignorance or a combination of both and places the Mayor in that select group of corrupt individuals trying to thwart the will of the Guyanese electorate.
Ubraj Narine had already identified himself as a low-level PNC player in the rigging APNU/AFC coalition whose sole aim is to steal the elections to remain in power while continuing to destroy the economy and enriching themselves through corrupt acts.
Of note though, is the sentiment expressed by a number of people in the Mayor’s own party, who stated that every time the Mayor opens his mouth, they are very worried because they do not know what “nonsense he will be spewing” and which they have to cover up.
Mayor Ubraj Narine claims that APNU/AFC won the elections based on the Chief Elections Officer Lowenfield’s fraudulent report of June 23, 2020, which considered the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the matter of Eslyn David seeking clarification of valid votes – Lowenfield used the ruling as authorisation, even though the decision of the court was stayed and made no reference to what votes were valid or not valid.
The Mayor should have paid attention to his masters at Congress Place who are now careful of any linkages between the Court of Appeal ruling and the fraudulent report presented by CEO Lowenfield to GECOM.
The Mayor should have also informed himself of the verified and certified valid votes cast during the recount exercise which CEO Lowenfield had already submitted to GECOM Chairperson Justice (retd), Claudette Singh. This was reported widely in the media but apparently, the Mayor missed this, perhaps due to his preoccupation with APNU/AFC propaganda matters.
The Mayor must be reminded that all of the local and international observers, all contesting political parties (except APNU/AFC), the diplomatic community, the Caricom recount team, a number of current and past Prime Ministers of the Caribbean, many international organisations, Mr Granger’s own son-in-law, Justice for All Party (coalition member) and numerous others have all agreed that the People’s Progressive Party won the elections based on the actual election results and the subsequent recount of all valid votes cast.
This call by Mayor Ubraj Narine should be completely ignored and discarded by right-thinking Guyanese and those who support democracy, justice, decency and honesty (but not Granger’s brand of decency and honesty).
The Mayor has wasted an entire press release to propose a fallacy that APNU/AFC won, instead of showing some self-respect and care for our citizens by issuing a public call and press release for interim President David Granger to concede defeat and allow for a peaceful transition of power to the new Government headed by President-elect, Dr Irfaan Ali.
Sincerely,
Bishram Kuppen
Councillor
Mayor and Councillors
of the City of
Georgetown
