Trying to fight against the law would not do any good

Dear Editor,
The new proposed electoral laws are out, and will be up for scrutiny by the political parties, which is by extension to the public, before moving on to Parliament for a debate.
The electoral reform is an overhaul of existing laws, it bears nothing significantly newer than what exists. The penalties for breaches of the law may be significantly higher and more severe, but, in my overall view, it marks a strengthening of what exists.
While this “new reform law” will have no bearing on the present bunch of persons who have transgressed the law, it does not preclude the court from imposing sentences on the accused. Those who are found on the wrong side of the law will be prosecuted to the maximum, which would send a clear message that this sort of behaviour in public office will not – I repeat, will not – be tolerated, neither would it have the ability to happen again.
There are clauses in the ROPA that would bring them in guilty of violating the electoral laws of Guyana, and for that there will be penalties imposed.
An election is a sacred institution, because it is an expression of the will of the people, who are the supreme decision-makers in any jurisdiction. It represents the will of the people in regard to who governs them. This is not something that is to be taken lightly. In fact, it is held sacrosanct to any civilised jurisdiction.
When I say sacrosanct, I am making reference to the fact that the process should never be tampered with. And for this cause, the full brunt of the law would be meted out.
An election is not conducted to shore up the whims and fancies of a party or group of persons. No election can be considered valid if persons on their own volition decide to, as it were, “run their own show”. This is not the purpose of an election.
To bring a soft landing to those of the accused, my advice to them would be to fall on the mercies of the court, and publicly confess as to the real behind-the-scene actors in this whole affair.
Questions will be asked, such as who and for what purpose was the fraud of March 2nd 2020 concocted? Who were the intellectual authors behind this grand scheme? Under whose instructions were they working? There is no concealment now, because the record would show the massive fraud committed; it is all there in The SOPs. So, trying to fight against the law would not do them any good.
We have a right to know, and we will know, about all of these and other matters when this trial gets underway.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams