Dear Editor,
The leadership of the A Partnership for Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) must cease creating a “false narrative and spreading propaganda” and be honest with their supporters and the people of Guyana by letting them know they have lost the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.
Their leader must “come clean” and prepare supporters for the true results of the elections. The opposition parties fought for “live streaming of the vote tabulations” during the recount process so that every Guyanese has the opportunity to see the truth of the elections live as it unfolds in front of their eyes.
It is disrespectful when politicians feel and think they can play with the intelligence of their supporters and the Guyanese people like the APNU/AFC leadership is doing presently. We have a present verbal attack displayed by Joseph Harmon on camera making a statement trying to discredit Mr Bruce Golding, Head of the Organisation of American States Observer Mission to Guyana’s March 2020 General and Regional Elections, even trying to implicate the People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo as coercing Mr Golding to this statement.
“I have never seen a more transparent effort to alter the results of an elections. More than a dozen copies of the Statements of Poll are prepared at each Polling Stations after the ballots are counted… it takes an extraordinary and courageous mind to present fictitious numbers when such a sturdy paper trail exists.”
What is more puzzling, Joseph Harmon’s attack occurred indoors instead of in front of the media who could ask him questions directly related to the issues. This is the action of a person who has the intent of discrediting the process, however, this will not happen.
Joseph Harmon and the APNU/AFC leadership, please stop pushing propaganda and creating false narrative among your support base. It is not right. It does not help them. They all must know what you are saying is ludicrous, we are no longer in the 70s and 80s where brainwashing was the norm, the people of Guyana are smarter than you think. Now, my mother, at 81, uses a smartphone, thanks to coronavirus (COVID-19), most Guyanese adults are exposed to Zoom, and the young school children are doing their school work online via the internet and are exposed to so much more, while paying keen attention to the elections recount process. The truth has a way of revealing itself, every afternoon between 4 pm and 6 pm the image of the recount vote tabulations is before all our eyes.
The numerous instances of irregularities, discrepancies and anomalies which have been uncovered in the ongoing recount process amounting to fraud on the Guyanese people – dead people voting, persons who are not in Guyana voting, unsigned affidavits of identity in boxes, are all allegations without evidence proposed by the APNU/AFC counting agents, with direction from the APNU/AFC leadership, in an effort to slow down the recounting process, however, with GECOM’s decision to increase the counting stations, the APNU/AFC is in a state of shock and panic. What Mr Bruce Golding has done is call it as he sees it, what more can this honest man say, he was at the Ashmins building when Mingo and his accomplices suddenly changed gears and started using mysteriously generated spreadsheets to announce the tabulation of SoPs in the critical District Four votes.
Guyanese, we are a diverse people, even in the midst of the challenges we are forced to endure because of COVID-19, however, we are on the verge of historic change and prosperity, the decision we are about to make for the future will determine whether or not the people of Guyana enter this new era united and confident with the result of the National Recount.
An elected People’s Progressive Party/Civic Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, will confirm that the PPP/C had won at the polls of March 2, 2020, adding that the Statements of Recount (SoRs) are matching the Statements of Poll (SoPs)
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic assures every Guyanese citizen whether you are a supporter of the PPP/C, APNU/AFC, or the other small parties, you would have an equal stake in the development of Guyana, a PPP/C Government would lead in a way that every Guyanese will see their aspirations fulfilled.
I will like the APNU/AFC leaders to know that the people of Guyana have seen their incompetence and betrayal…if you asked the simple question to the APNU/AFC leaders what have you done for the people of Guyana lately, the answer must be too little. Supporters continue to be loyal with the hope that things will get better, however, it is evident from the inception the APNU/AFC intentionally tried to mislead their supporters claiming victory in the March 2, 2020 elections. The problem we faced as a nation by doing that is dangerous to all. Losing can cause embarrassment but social desirability and fear of social stigma all have their role in human behaviour during election and can distort one’s thinking if not acknowledged.
The results of these elections will shock many APNU/AFC supporters who will be pointing their finger at misleading and lying APNU/AFC leadership that didn’t do a great job predicting what actually happened, leaving them on the shame bench. This election will be the term to many of the coalition supporters as outright lies being told by the APNU/AFC caretaker Administration which had an added responsibility to respect the people and let them know the truth given the years of division and rancour in Guyana.
We need to be very careful because there is a deep scepticism in the country about the politic, the People’s Progressive Party /Civic has an enormously high value of truth in their manifesto and must make this a reality from day one when elected, we all know in any election campaign, where there is misuse of the truth as opposed to simple robust and different interpretations of fact then we need to call it out also. Now is the time for all stakeholders to demonstrate a commitment to the democratic principle, processes and institution and not lose sight of the fact that legitimate elections represent the voice and will of the people.
Sincerely,
David Adams
