Dear Editor,
The coalition leaders are now clutching at the proverbial straws since the electorate has not only spurned them but guarantee their ultimate demise as a Government and maybe as a political force. Since the coalition’s ascension to Office in May 2015, they have left no stone unturned to guarantee the attainment of the point of no return. They are incompetent and corrupted as have never been seen before, marked by a humongous appetite to spend wastefully.
This was evident by the massive defeat at the LGE in 2018, the disgraceful defeat by the vote of no-confidence in that same year and the most shameful acts to rig the 2020 Elections when faced with imminent defeat. The fraudulent acts which the coalition have attempted so far will indelibly remain in the annals and the memories of Guyanese and the world at large.
What is even more disgusting is that the coalition does not know when to stop its effort to rig the elections. Having agreed for a recount, the coalition now wants to destroy the credibility of the elections, to annul it and call fresh elections, having accepted that the OLE was credible and the election on March 2 was free, fair and credible. The coalition must be aware that accepted and insignificant variances will never annul an election and furthermore, such claims can only be entertained by way of an election petition. But as usual, the coalition is not interested in the success of the legal action but they enjoyed the borrowed time until such time that they will announce their dictatorial rule. However, their games are now an open secret.
The coalition will never be able to convince anyone that the PPP/C rigged the elections. From all shreds of evidence available, it is the coalition which has attempted to rig and the recount has exposed that fact. No amount of whitewashing will erase that. There is also evidence to substantiate Mingo’s rigging in favour of the coalition. He produced his own spreadsheet from ‘doctored’ figures which is such an amateurish way to rig an election but maybe he did not anticipate the recount or was expecting his ‘masters’ to bail him out. The nation is waiting to see how the GECOM Chair address this criminal act once the recount is completed. She has so far failed to address this issue which is tantamount to highway robbery of an entire election as a nation remained traumatised for more than 3 months anxiously awaiting the results. Is Claudette in ‘abeyance’ as well?
What is equally disgraceful is the act of trying to kill democracy in this country by debarring the world-renowned Carter Center from completing its observation of the elections. The Carter Center has been in this country since January this year and has set the foundation for a transparent, credible and free and fair elections.
A most glaring attempt by the coalition to kill democracy is to claim ‘interference ‘by the USA, Britain, Canada and the EU. Even international bodies such as the OAS are being accused of ‘interfering ‘in the internal affairs if our country but when the coalition was the opposition, they had welcomed such ‘interference’ since it suited their political agenda.
More recently, Joseph Harmon, the man for all seasons, accused the OAS of ‘interfering’ in Guyana’s internal affairs simply because that organisation stated that the elections recount would be credible enough to declare a winner. He even suggested that the OAS has usurped the role of GECOM. If so, can Harmon say what is the role and functions of such observers? His party agreed to the recount and signed accordingly. His party had lauded the elections as free, fair and credible and they had wanted to swear in Granger.
There must be a winner so the OAS did not preempt the ruling of GECOM since even the GECOM Chair had said that the elections were free and fair. The OAS did not state that the PPP/C is the winner.
On the other hand, Harmon said that the report of the Caricom team will be ‘persuasive’ to determine the credibility of the elections. How do we reconcile the two different views? One is deemed ‘interference’ and the other is ‘persuasive’.
It would seem that Harmon believed that Mingo’s fraudulent tabulation is the product of the PPP/C. It would seem also that he is still unaware that those who voted did not migrate and the dead did not vote.
The coalition’s diversionary tactics and attempt to hold on illegally to power will not work and it is clear that the PPP/C has won the elections convincingly and in a fair and transparent manner.
Yours sincerely,
Haseef Yusuf
