Dear Editor,
It is very selfless of the Caricom representatives to come to Guyana to help us out of our self-inflicted moral decay. We pray that no harm comes to them during the prolonged recount period and from the dangerous COVID-19. But would they bring an end to the election-rigging when dozens of international observers couldn’t do so in March?
The clumsy decision to recount several regions simultaneously, with a restricted number of personnel, leaves room for organised chaos to facilitate the successful rigging of the election results by those who have been relentless to do so.
During a TV interview last Wednesday, Mr Vincent Alexander, APNU GECOM Commissioner, agreed that the March 2 election was properly conducted until the debacle at the Region Four count. This being so, and agreed by almost all who oversaw the election, why is GECOM reluctant to deal just with Mr Alexander’s debacle?
Would this not expedite the verification of the election outcome, the outcome which is already in the public domain via the widely distributed Statements of Poll? And among other benefits, would this approach not show our Caricom friends that we do care for their health and welfare?
Nuff has been said by nuff people involved in the ballot count nuff nuff times: that they all want to ensure that the election result is the one that was voted for. So why is this not happening in the most efficient and transparent way?
It is not too late, it is humane and it will confirm the voters’ choice.
The simple reflection by US Ambassador Sarah Ann-Lynch, “where there’s a will, there’s a way and I think it can be done”, is not too much to ask of those responsible to pay heed to, and get the job done with the least inconvenience and risk.
Yours sincerely,
Faiyaz Alli
