We can no longer allow theatrics, treachery of APNU/AFC/PNC cabal

Dear Editor,
All of the opposition parties that contested March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections stand firmly together in the face of the most outlandish attacks of the democratic rights and will of our people. Already, the recount process has affirmed the blatant attempt to steal the elections by way of Clairmont Mingo’s concoctions, which corroborated PNC’s sinister and clandestine plots at the hands of a leading administrative cabal at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
The PNC/APNU cabal along with their GECOM stooges glaringly and flagrantly continue a dictatorial assault, although they have been caught with their pants down several times over. It is, however, far from over, but our sister democratic states around the world have provided strong and welcoming support through their Emissaries, Ambassadors, and Heads of Missions for which Guyana will be forever grateful. It is extremely disappointing that the Government has not yet allowed the accredited Carter Center representatives back in the country to observe the process, and there has been no plausible explanation.
The recount of the nation’s votes as mandated by the courts is clearly under attack. While hideously professing that they won the elections, which GECOM smoothly executed at the Polling Stations, the APNU/AFC and their representatives are now pedantically scrutinising the recount in effort to derail the elections and establish it as invalid. The unleashing of PNC thugs as recounting agents highlights the length the coalition wants to take it to discredit the valid votes cast at these elections. Ms Carol Joseph’s behaviour recently screamed for her immediate expulsion like many others from the APNU/AFC’s corner.
Interestingly, Mr Harmon of the APNU/AFC has appealed to the GECOM Chairman to remove Giddings as Supervisor of the tabulation process because Dr Frank Anthony approached him while setting up equipment in the dome of the Convention Centre. Although GECOM’s Public Relations Officer Ms Yolanda Ward disputed this, Demerara Wave reported Mr Harmon as saying that “Suffice to say that there is now widespread belief that Mr Giddings is compromised and this perception of bias can further undermine the credibility of this important process.” The logical question is why Mr Lowenfield and Ms Roxanne Myers were not replaced when the whole country and the international community lost confidence in them?
It is of note that PNC Commissioner Vincent Alexander has managed to influence, muddle and lead a simple recount process into a detailed audit. He is now advancing queries and exclusions of some boxes from the tabulations of votes pending a meeting of the Commission and decisions regarding how to deal with boxes where trained GECOM personnel did not cross out the names of some voters. Essentially, the path Alexander wants to take this process cannot be satisfactorily treated by the less than qualified staff for such pedantic measures and is certainly the subject of an Elections Petition. The exercise is to simply count the votes cast for each party.
While Mr Alexander wants to play judge, jury, and executioner, what is noteworthy is that the recounts have been largely validating the SoPs (Statements of Poll) that are in the possession of the PPP/C. Each one of them so far has been vindicated by the recount with the numbers being almost identical to the Statements of Poll that the PPP has in its possession. Importantly, this serves to expose the massive skullduggery perpetrated by Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and his other discredited GECOM cabal.
Another emergent factor of the APNU/AFC derailing plan surfaced yesterday. Suddenly, there is a determination that ANUG Presidential Candidate Mr Timothy Jonas must be taken for a COVID-19 test before accessing the Convention Centre. One would imagine that this new strategy by the APNU/AFC-controlled COVID Task Force threatens to activate in full force as the PNC conflictingly utilises its authority to silence a voice of reason. There will certainly be reactions in the strongest form as further attempts are made in this respect.
Editor, we can no longer allow the theatrics and treachery of the APNU/AFC/PNC cabal to continue threatening the Guyanese future. Indeed, they have become equally dangerous as the COVID pandemic. All civil-minded Guyanese must join the call for swift and immediate sanctions on these callous individuals, once they persist in the dillydallying delays.

Sincerely,
Neil Kumar