MAKE no mistake about it – the will of the people was not reflected by the results of the 2015 Elections in Guyana. No bones about it, APNU+AFC stole people’s votes, in the same tradition and maliciousness of the old PNC, and with the same kind of collusion with the Guyana Elections Commission that was typical of the elections in 1968, 1973, 1980, and 1985. But this time there was not the same crude methods of those past elections. This time rigging was done through a sophisticated plan.Can you believe that they actually stole 10 PPP/C votes from every box and added these to APNU+AFC? Sometimes in tabulating results, mistakes can be made, but they will be random and the total will not match. But in these cases, the PPP/C votes were always short of 10 and APNU+AFC were always increased by 10.
In checking just 7 boxes on the East Coast Demerara, the results that GECOM has for the PPP/C was short by 10 and APNU+AFC increased by 10 for each box. Amazing? But it is true. In checking another 19 boxes in South Georgetown, the same pattern emerged.
This cannot be a co-incidence; it is a deliberate pattern of stealing. In how many boxes this happened? Because if this happened in just 10% of the boxes, it is enough to gain an advantage of 5,000 votes.
The International and local observers concluded that the elections were free and fair. But they only looked at Election Day activities. Voting is only part of the process. The counting was done properly for the most part. The Statements of Poll were accurately filled. But then the mischief took over after voting was completed. The rigging of the results had to be done by GECOM staff. What happened after these Statements of Poll were delivered by Presiding Officers to Deputy Regional Election Officers, Regional Election Officers and to GECOM?
Somebody altered the results in a pattern that strongly indict people with a well-orchestrated plan to steal an Election. The pattern was seen for many Statements of Poll. We have evidence for the box numbers and the divisions where this occurred. But GECOM itself, through the Chief Elections Officer and the Chairman of GECOM, confirmed that there were fraudulent Statements of Poll. Their Press Conference is evidence that they know of fraudulent Statements of Poll. It is an indictment of these persons that knowing and admitting that they know, they refuse to test the overall integrity of the elections.
Why, for example, GECOM cannot publish the results they have used to calculate the overall votes, box by box, before declaring the results? Let us examine it and compare the box by box results with our SOPs. Give us just two hours to compare our SOPs with their tabulated results before they declare the final results. Tell me what is wrong with this request?
GECOM and all stakeholders owe it to the people of Guyana to verify, with no room for uncertainty, that the Elections results reflect the will of the people. If we are all so certain that the elections results are accurate, why then are we afraid to do a complete recheck to ensure that the results that GECOM tabulated represent a true reflection of how people voted?
What is it APNU+AFC, Mr. Lowenfield, Dr. Surujbally, the ABC countries, the international observers and the Private Sector of Guyana afraid of?
There was a sophisticated plan to steal the will of Guyanese people in the 2015 Elections and many persons are guilty of collusion. Criminal acts are evident and the question is how high up in GECOM is the collusion?
Another electoral heist has been committed in Guyana. This time the Government has been the victim. But the rigging could not have been done by APNU+AFC alone. GECOM staff was intimately involved. Was there also collusion by international players? Could it be that the Americans and the British who colluded with the then PNC to rig elections post-independence are also involved again in stealing people’s votes? Just asking!

 
By Dr. Leslie Ramsammy