Rebellion…

…in the ranks?
Well, well, well! Mout’ open and story jump out. From within the belly of the beast comes an expose of the labyrinthine machinations of the PNC as it takes on the world to remain in power by rigging the March 2 elections. We’ve been getting bits and pieces for a while now, but, this time, this self-described APNU supporter named Shawn Simmons, from a “Preservation of the Coalition”, pilled the whole sordid tale.
Of course it could all be “fake news”, but, in the meantime, we can only bounce Simmons’s claims against what’s out in the public domain. The gist of the claim is that there’s a split down the middle in the PNC, with David Granger on one side and Harmon on the other.
The writer claims Granger is resisting the pressure of the Harmon clique to have himself declared the winner of the elections and be sworn in as president. Such a declaration, of course, could only be made by the GECOM Chair if she votes to accept the Mingoed numbers which Lowenfield has presented to the Commission. She, we know, has put those numbers in abeyance – not rejected them – and promised the recount, which Granger had already called for. And with that APNU candidate throwing her petition spanner into the works with Justice Holder to stop the recount, it does seem that we can’t reject Simmons’s first claim.
Granger, however, could still be playing both sides against the middle – but the question is, why’d he banish Harmon from the MotP?? Was it because of Simmons’s claim that “Granger is incensed that Harmon called a meeting to discuss succession planning”?? Or was it, as we’d speculated, that Harmon hired the Washington lobbyist without Granger’s knowledge, and then had him listed as a “US citizen” to boot?? Well, the two positions aren’t necessarily contradictory, and in fact buttress each other.
Now we come to some of the nitty-gritty of names being “called”: “Harmon has strong support from Amna Ally, Roysdale Forde, James Bond, Mark Archer, Vincent Alexander, and others who are against the opposition being declared the victor.” No problem here…these worthies have all been the public hardliners for the Mingoed numbers to be accepted – and obviously for Granger to be declared president.
On the “other side”, Simmons claims: “The hardcore faction of our party, led by Granger and Volda Lawrence, was angry that Harmon has been teaming up with the business class and sought to cut him down.” The word “hardcore” is very intriguing, since the said “business class” were all Indian Guyanese. This also fits in with Granger and Volda’s racist public statements and actions.
It does look like Simmons knows of what he speaks!!

…against the recount farce
We’ve arrived at a point – 62 days after the elections – where very few citizens really believe that anything positive will come out of the “recount” process which the Chairwoman said she wants – and is supported by the caretaker President and Opposition Leader. So, from this perspective, the PNC’s “war of attrition” against the voice of the people ever being heard might appear to have been successful.
But not really. The PNC might’ve won this battle – but they’ve lost the war. There is no way they’ll be allowed to get away with this daylight robbery. The more barriers they throw up to a quick resolution to this crisis they created, the more they’re sealing their fate.
At the time of writing this piece, the Chair held a meeting with the parties to agree on the “modalities”. But while all of them, excepting the APNU/AFC, insisted on live streaming of the proceedings, the latter didn’t even want smartphones brought in!!
If the PNC sabotage this recount, warnings will transmute into sanctions.

…against COVID-19?
Some countries are more concerned with the fate of their economies than the fate of their people. How on earth can they “open up” when the virus curve hasn’t even flattened??
Woe to Guyana, which still hasn’t even been properly locked down.