Dear Editor
When the Elections Campaign was in full swing in 1990, the Opposition Alliance P.C.D, the Civic Reform Group (GUARD) and the United Republican Party (U.R.P) joined forces to pressure the P.N.C Government into dumping the Preliminary Voters List and warning that a general strike may be called if their demands were not satisfied. The Preliminary Voters List has been unanimously condemned by all Opposition forces because they claim it is riddled with ineligible names and about ninety per cent of the voters listed do not have specific addresses; this story was written by the now silent Editor of Stabroek News, Mr. Anand Persaud.

Adding this voice to the saga was former U.S President Jimmy Carter. Carter stepped into the escalating dispute between the P.N.C Government and the Opposition over the scandal of the Preliminary Voters List. From the moment he deplaned [at the]Timehri International Airport, Carter said that a credible voters list is essential for free and fair elections.
September 1991, the Elections Commission was wrapped up in debate over the fate of the bedeviled Preliminary Voters List and was likely to opt for the compilation of a fresh list solely from the House-to-House Enumeration Forms filled out this year 1991. A credible source close to the Commission said that if the objective was a blemish free list, a pristine one from the Registration Forms with no recourse to the faulty 1985/1990 roll would have to be pursued. This is exactly what the present Government-appointed Commissioners are saying: use the data from the present House-to-House Registration. But unlike 1992, where is the Carter Center, N.D.I and ETAL who is listening to the government’s cry about a bloated Preliminary Voters List.

Regards
George Williams