Who was it who’d advised the PNC – represented by its standard bearer David Granger – to “take his licks like a man” after the last elections when he protested the results of the recount?? Ah…no other than Ralph Gonsalves then the incoming Caricom Chair – and now the convenor of the Argyle Meet between Pres Ali and Mad Maduro!! Well, even though the ex-general complained that Gonsalves was overstepping his bounds, he did eventually suck it in and threw in his losing hand!!
But it became clear that his successors to Burnham’s rigging machine – the “Please Never Count” (PNC) combine – had different ideas. Pretending leader Granger was “weak” to suggest the idea of a recount, they’ve conjured up any number of ploys (verging from the ridiculous to the banal) to have those numbers thrown out. And, of course, they be hauled in to form the Government!! They’re clearly “trying a t*ing”, since the entire world were literally there as the PNC riggers were caught with their grubby little fingers in the ballot boxes!! The PNC die-hards don’t seem to appreciate as the world turns, so do people. Caricom leaders – like Gonsalves, Mottley and even Rowley – aren’t willing to condone election heists no mo!! Mainly, of course, because Uncle Sam don’t have no reason to go along with the PNC’s hijinks any longer. Oh…how the Yanks cringed back then!!
Well, at least the “t*ing” they’re trying this time is to appeal to the Courts and not to the loyalty of the GDF to shoot down “ballot box martyrs”. One of the first to be heard – Elections Petition 88 of 2020 – has some PNC camp followers claiming that GECOM didn’t have the constitutional mandate to pass an order (Order 60) of 2020 outlying the mechanism to conduct the recount that their leader had proposed. As is the precedent set by our legal system, the case was first heard in the High Court – by no other than Justice Roxane George – who they’ve recently stridently insisted should be confirmed in her position by the PPP!! She’s THAT good in their eyes!!
But clearly not good enough when it comes to going along with election heists!! George had quickly ruled that the order for the recount – and its execution by the eminent team from Caricom – was quite kosher, thank you!! And the PNC types appealed!! Well, now the Appellate Court has just considered their arguments at length and handed down their decision. Which is to UNANIMOUSLY throw out the petition on every ground raised: Order 60 was constitutionally valid as it emanated from Section 22 of the Election Laws (Amendment) Ac which was also constitutional!!
So will this be the end?? Nah…these types will never end their rigging ways!!
…with responsibilities?
Britain’s minister for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley just popped and announced “the UK’s unequivocal backing to our Guyanese friends,” as he prepared to meet President Irfaan Ali for “talks”. Well, your Eyewitness feels there’s gotta be more than “talks”. After all, it was the Brits – as the colonial owner of then British Guiana (BG) –- who left us with the Geneva Agreement on the Venezuela border controversy – which had been settled for more than six decades.
As usual, they had their own reasons for doing that – which we ain’t going into right now. But as part of that Agreement THEY REMAIN AS A PARTY!! As the concluding Article VIII declares: “Upon the attainment of independence by British Guiana, the Government of Guyana shall thereafter be a party to this Agreement, in addition to the Government of the UK and the Government of Venezuela.
So, shouldn’t the Brits now pass on some of those advanced weaponry to protect what they gave to us??
…with governance
It’s clear that the PNC just can’t get it out of their head that it is their God-given right to rule over Guyana. And like the Israelis are showing with their birthright – it’s by any means necessary!!
