Dear Editor,
What does Alexander mean when he says, “It is a GECOM Commission-supervised recount, if it occurs”.
Everybody is asking what new tricks the PNC side will come up with now. They expect the PNC to take their frivolous and vexatious lawsuits to the CCJ to stall the process, to rig more time in power. The PNC and Mr. Granger has become such big jokes and an embarrassment to Guyana. Even primary school children are laughing at them, as the PNC is teaching our young that it is okay to steal. The PNC moves from the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, from dumb to dumber, from clowns to clownier, and there is no end in sight to their madness. The PNC world is one where the man who argues that 33 is not the majority of 65 (and gets big pay for it) gets a senior counsel award. Mudwata probably has a more appropriate term for the PNC that I, a righteous man, cannot repeat here.
A section of the local media reported on April 3 that “The national recount ordered by Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh will be supervised by the Commission.” And Mr. Alexander, who has Ms. Singh as a puppet on a string, reportedly said “it is a GECOM Commission supervised recount, if it occurs.”
Equally disturbing is the news that the recount will not start until after a decision has been made in the court case. So what will happen if the PNC appeals the case to the CCJ? Will the Chair wait for a decision and not start the recount? Gecom can recount independently under its powers and does not need court approval. Why is the PPP not activating the contempt action against the Chair and the Gecom people?
What is Alexander (Burnham’s protégé and number 2 fan and defacto Chair) saying here? Is he saying the Caricom team and observers will not be invited? What does it mean by “if it happens” when the Commission has already voted on that, including Alexander? Does Alexander know something, we don’t?
We understand that Gecom supervises everything. Caricom and international observers were invited because the PNC has a long history of running fraudulent elections and cannot be trusted. Caricom’s role is that of a glorified observer. Is Alexander saying only Gecom people in collusion with PNC operatives on staff will be handling the ballots, documents, boxes, Statements of Poll, and they will do the recount in the accustomed crooked ways? The PPP and contesting parties must not stand for such nonsense and must protest vehemently to prevent this fraud and secure a fair process.
For starters, Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo must not be involved. Representatives of the contesting parties must be allowed to attend. Foreign and local observers must be allowed, and “virus” excuses must not be used to bar stakeholders from being present. I suggest these conditions: 1. Party reps must be allowed to verify the SOPs being presented as authentic as they are being presented. 2. The counting process must be transparent and open with observers being close to the action and be able to see and hear what is going on. (No one trusts the PNC and their colluding operatives within the Gecom staff. Their track record is their ability to hold elections “as crooked as barbed wire,” according to the Lord Avebury Report). 3. The parties must ask for the media to be present and televise the count. 4. An observer or two must be sitting next to the person calling out the numbers to make sure the correct numbers are being given. 5. The ballots must be held up or shown on a clear screen where the numbers are readable and noticeable, in a slow pace, not rushed through. 6. All observers and representatives present must be able to take pictures; phones and recording devices must not be prohibited. 7. Parties must have the right to make objections as they happen and objections must be resolved before moving forward with the count. 8. The Chair must be present to make rulings pertaining to the count and move the process forward. Lowenfield is not an honest broker. 9. Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo, and those who produced the fake spreadsheets with fraudulent numbers must be banned from coming near to 5 miles within the building. 10. Foreign embassies must be invited as observers.
Also, what nonsense is Alexander asking about what is the purpose of the recount, if not to announce the winner? The PNC and Gecom is crossing the red line and pushing people to the brink.
Sincerely,
Jerry Singh
