Let us celebrate a successful anniversary!

Dear Editor,
Guyanese are indeed celebrating the first year of Dr Irfaan Ali as the President of Guyana. However, we must never forget the numerous attempts to rig and derail the results of the National and Regional Elections in 2020.
Genuine efforts are in place for constitutional reforms and electoral reforms must be completed for us to have complete reformation of Guyana electoral machinery. The Guyana Elections Commission must be transformed into an organisation that Guyanese have confidence and trust in, and must hold free and fair elections. The Commission must get rid of the infamous “trio” immediately. The motion to dismiss the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, along with Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo was amended to add termination of contracts as a means of removing the unwanted officers from their posts at GECOM. It is most heartening to know that the amendments were approved by the Chairperson, Justice Claudette Singh. The blatant disregard and disrespect to the Chairperson and open defiance of court orders in his desperate pursuit to fraudulently declare the APNU/AFC coalition as winners of the March 2, 2020 National and Regional Elections are more than enough sins to remove Lowenfield.
The events that unfolded after a peaceful and successful March 2, 2020 National and Regional Elections were serious and was punctuated with brazen and blatant attempts to steal a Government.
As the counting and verification process was successfully carried out in nine of the ten administrative districts the PNC abandoned the legal process of using the Statements of Polls and then decided to call false numbers from a manufactured “broad sheet” in an effort to rig the results in Region 4.
Guyanese had to endure all the tension, frustration along with threats and bullying as 33 days of recount took place only to verify that the People’s Progressive Party SoPs were true and correct. As a consequence the PPP/C was declared as clear winner of the National and Regional Elections. This nation had to wait for five long months as the PNC/ APNU/AFC had their knees on our people’s neck.
Court action after court action was the order of the days as all attempts were put in place to derail the elections after the PNC and GECOM bandits failed in their attempts to do the rigging.
As Guyanese celebrate the first anniversary, we must recognise the fact that it was the dynamic leadership of the PPP/C, the unity of our people and the powerful support of our leaders in Caricom and the imminent ambassadors that made it possible. Our democracy must prevail.

Sincerely,
Neil Kumar