Home Letters Results posted on GECOM’s website indicate PPP/C has won
Dear Editor,
As a preface, Guyanese continue to await the coalition’s disclosure of their SoPs after in excess of ten weeks. As a major supporter of their platform during the 2015 elections, the APNU/AFC has made me a liar by their actions, both during their term, and subsequent to the March 2, 2020 election.
I, therefore, request that they honour my efforts at securing their victory in 2015 by acknowledging the will of the people at the recent 2020 elections and resign forthwith. Many, if not all, are familiar with the results of these elections, and most condemn the ongoing shenanigans aimed at subverting our democracy since March 2, 2020.
Given that the election recount continues to be dragged out beyond what is acceptable, in an attempt to get everyone on the same page and so dispense with any future confusion and uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the recount, the attached table was prepared based on information available on GECOM’s website.
The focus has been to identify the discrepancy between Mingo’s results for Region Four and those based on the SoPs for Region Four, and to illustrate the outcome of the election based on the two different sets of results. With this done, the final outcome of the recount should match those results for both Region Four and the final set of results, based on the original SoPs.
Mingo’s results for Region Four show that the coalition won that Region by 55,412 votes, while the results based on the SoPs show that the coalition won Region Four by only 34,266 votes. Importantly, Mingo’s Region Four results overstated the coalition’s votes in Region Four by 15, 873, and understated the votes for the PPP/C by 5273, realising a total difference of 21,146 votes. In other words, the PPP/C was cheated of 21,146 votes based on the Mingo Region Four declarations.
The final results based on Mingo’s declarations show that the coalition won the election by 3973 votes. Based on the SoPs, the PPP/C won the election by 17,173 votes. Based on information on one of the PPP/C’s Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/pg/pppcguyana/posts/?ref=page_internal 2,024 + 341 votes.), the recount had recovered 2365 of the stolen votes. Another 18,781 more votes remain to be recovered.
It should be noted here that the results for no other region is in dispute, based on the information available at GECOM’s website.
The results of the recount should merge with the results of the declared SoPs, meaning that the PPP won the 2020 March 2 election. Come on folks, it’s been two months too long.
Coalition supporters are urged to pursue efforts to have the coalition disclose the results of their SoPs, or better yet, concede the election soonest. Having spent time and money supporting them, the coalition is now accountable to their supporters for the outcome of the election.
With regards,
Craig Sylvester