Dear Editor,
A NATIVE American proverb says, “white man speaks with forked tongue”. It is believed that the proverb originated from the French inviting the Iroquois to a peace conference, only to have them slaughtered. Today, in Guyana, we see some validity in that proverb. European and North American diplomats rightfully insist on credible election results from one fork of the tongue, but the other fork calls for fraudulent votes to be counted. That double-talk is driving a polarisation of the Guyanese society.

The meaning of credibility has been brutally chopped up during these post-election days. The PPP, with talking point support from those who were expected to be impartial, continues to call for credible election results, but at the same time, the Party and foreign interests want votes that are clearly fraudulent to be included in the total count. How can it work both ways?

We cannot simply ignore that someone or group compromised the integrity of the electoral process, and that is the root reason why Guyanese must suffer this anguish as they wait for GECOM to do its job. Some of those who so loudly call for credible results to be compiled, using total ballots are either plain stupid or have no desire for a credible election. They know of the anomalies. Some irregularities were so obnoxious to be unbelievable. For instance, ballots coded for one polling station ended up mixed in with ballots of another polling station. How can that happen? Who did that, and why? There can be only one answer to that last question.

Similar questions come to mind when more ballots are found in boxes than the number of names (and blank ballots given to the presiding officers) listed for those specific polling stations. How did these extra people get to vote, and from where did they get their blank ballot forms? Who gave those forms to these extras? And why were these not documented in the poll books?

And what about the 400 boxes without statutory documents? The law requires those documents to be placed in the boxes, yet trained personnel chose to make those important documents disappear. And, curiously, when called by GECOM to a meeting to explain why these documents are missing, every single one of those presiding officers failed to show up for that meeting – not once, but twice. How then can sensible, objective people believe that those boxes contain valid and credible ballots? But yet, here we are with leaders of influential organizations completely ignoring these glaring indications of fraud and continue to insist that GECOM allow the fraud to be shoved down the throats of the Guyanese people. Those very organizations speak highly of the principles of democracy and of non-interference. Those leaders speak with forked tongues.

APNU-AFC coalition brought hope to the Guyanese people after 23 years of lawlessness, top-level corruption, systemic racism, and an almost failed narco-state. During those 23 years of the PPP rule, the population remained stagnant as families migrated. The memories of those years are still fresh in the minds of Guyanese voters, and that fact was clearly seen by international observers during the 2020 campaign cycle. The turnout at APNU-AFC rallies were significantly greater than those in 2015 when many did not believe that the coalition would win. Despite that strong show of support for the coalition, these observers followed the PPP cue to declare – BEFORE the count was finished, that the PPP won the elections. And when the evidence of fraud started to be exposed, those observers pretended not to notice. The behavior of the international community and those international and local observers point to one thing; they are not interested in credible election outcome. They speak with forked tongues. And the best advice to the Coalition and its supporters: BE CAREFUL WITH THOSE WHO SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE; THEY COULD BE LEADING YOU TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
Respectfully,
Max Mohamed