Political parties must condemn social media threats – PSC

THE Private Sector Commission (PSC) has called on political parties to publicly condemn social media threats by their supporters against Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh.

In a press release on Friday, the PSC stated that the threats it has witnessed are “increasingly ugly” and this has led the PSC to call on the commissioner of police to investigate, pursue and bring an immediate stop to the social media threats.

“These scurrilous and extremely threatening Facebook posts have followed the written directions issued by the Chairman of GECOM to the chief elections officer to submit his report from the results of the recount. It is clear, therefore, from where these posts have emanated and that they are a deliberate and criminal attempt to influence the decision of GECOM with regard to the declaration of the results of the elections,” the PSC stated, adding:

“The Private Sector Commission is extremely pleased to note, with respect, that the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party has firmly condemned this cybercrime and calls upon all the other political parties as well as the leadership of the APNU+AFC to do the same.”
The commission believes that serious interest must be placed on the matter even as Guyana moves closer towards a declaration of the results of the March 2, General and Regional Elections.

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