What is the President’s motive?

Dear Editor,
It is hoped that President Granger is not deliberately setting the nation up to go through another tiresome academic and legal drawn out interpretation of what he said last Sunday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.
By choosing to say that he would “accept ANY declaration made by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)”, President Granger has raised suspicion on what he was actually telling the nation.
Had he stated that he would accept the results of the ballot recount, he would have assured the nation that there would be no need for subsequent explanations about what he means.
After the March 2nd elections, many people had cause to come forward and explain what President Granger wished to tell the public, and they ended up frequently changing the whole story.
Mr Mingo must take responsibility for causing voters to be alert to the possibility that GECOM may not declare the true result. Not once, but twice, Mr Mingo tried to get the election result declared on fraudulent Region 4 numbers, with some officials at GECOM supporting his attempts. People cannot be blamed for suspecting that the results GECOM chooses to declare after the completion of the recount may not be the one that comes out of the ballot boxes.
The nation is ‘interpretation fatigued’ by the many pronouncements of legal luminaries and bright people on what is and what is not.
For example: a simple ballot recount is interpreted as a forensic audit. The court had to rule if Ms. Mia Mottley’s CARICOM team was engaged as supervisors or observers. Mingo’s fraudulent declaration is legal to decide the new Government. The March 2nd ballot box result is of little significance. The Attorney General is hinting that the recount may not be legal.
President Granger should not leave room for another phase of complicating and confusing a very simple matter with the use of the word ANY. He must make it crystal clear that he means the results from the ballot recount.

Sincerely,
Faiyaz Alli