We should not have any difficulty with 233,336 being greater than 217,920

Dear Editor,
And the winner is: the PPP/C! Look, this is not rocket science; the bigger number wins. Now that we have all been assured that 33 is greater than 32, we should not have any difficulty with 233,336 being greater than 217,920. It is the greater number that wins.
I was one of almost 460,000 who voted on March 2, 2020. All of us who voted and participated in that process can vouch for the checks and controls that were applied by the staff present before we were allowed to get a ballot to vote. I experienced courteous, professional and competent conduct. The final act was to stain my finger.
I did not want to keep the stain on my finger long, so I wiped my finger right away; but the stain remained. I tried to remove it with soap and water and bleach, but I could not get it out completely.
Polling stations average about 200 voters. Polling stations were staffed with people from the community who knew the voters in the area. And if you are going to vote for the dead or migrated, you will first vote for yourself; otherwise, it would make no difference.
Anyone who attempts to vote for himself and for the dead or migrated will have a number of challenges:
1. He will have to remove the ink stain.
2. He will have to take the chance that no one will recognise him from the first time he voted.
3. He will have to look like the dead or migrated person.
4. He will have to know the personal details of the dead or migrated.
5. He will have to have identification and other documents belonging to the dead and migrated.
I do not believe that most Guyanese would be skilled enough to overcome these challenges; so, unless and until we have actual proof that this happened, then, as normal people, we will have to doubt the credibility of the observations by the APNU/AFC.
Given that APNU/AFC engineered the Mingo count of Region 4, can we believe anything coming from them? Do they have any credibility left?
The 2339 polling stations had almost 12,000 GECOM staff and observers. We also know that the majority of GECOM staff are supporters of, or are sympathetic to, the APNU/AFC. Are we being asked to believe that they actively cooperated in some scheme or conspiracy to facilitate double voting by some 86,000 PPP/C supporters? Right now, that is what is being alleged. Not only is this claim incredible, but it impugns the character and integrity of every person present in those 2339 polling stations.
Let us move on. The PPP/C has won with a one seat majority; same as APNU/AFC had in 2015. Instead of begging for Shared Governance, the opposition should be demanding changes to the Constitution to make it possible for the Opposition to have more resources and power to hold the Government accountable.
The GECOM Chair, with or without the Commissioners and without the Chief Elections Officer‘s report, should proceed with the Certified Recount and declare the winner of the Elections.
It is thus that the GECOM Chair would be vindicated.

Yours truly,
Sase Shewnarain