Electoral fraud cases
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The trial of embattled Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence, and APNU/AFC’s activist Carol Joseph-Smith who are accused of electoral fraud will commence on August 27, 2021, before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Back in April, the Chief Magistrate ruled in favour of submissions by the prosecution for the charges against the trio to be disposed of summarily. The prosecution has already made full disclosure of statements to the defendants.
The first charge alleged that on March 5, 2020, with intent to defraud, Lawrence and Mingo uttered a report purporting to be a true declaration of all votes cast in District Four for the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, knowing same to be forged.
It is further alleged that on March 13, 2020, Mingo and Joseph uttered a forged document purporting to be a true report of all votes cast in the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, knowing that the report was forged. It is also alleged that on the said date, Joseph conspired with Mingo and others to declare a fraudulent count of votes for District Four.
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Over the past week, the Guyana Police Force filed an additional charge against Mingo, Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, and Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers. The case will be called again on June 29, 2021, before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
That charge states that between March 2, 2020, and August 2, 2020, at Georgetown, Lowenfield, Mingo, and Myers conspired with each other and together with Lawrence; Smith-Joseph; Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Elections Officer Sherfern February; GECOM’s Information Technology Officer Enrique Livan and GECOM clerks Denise Bobb-Cummings and Michelle Miller, and others, to defraud the electors of Guyana by declaring a false account of votes cast for the Regional Elections of March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.
Besides this, Lowenfield is facing three counts of misconduct in public office and three counts of forgery concerning the National Elections. Mingo is facing three counts of misconduct in public office. Myers, on the other hand, has been slapped with two charges for misconduct in public office.
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Carol Joseph