A SMALL group of Guyanese is petitioning the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, to resign.
In a letter addressed to Justice Singh, the small group of signatories said that, while President David Granger had placed confidence in the GECOM Chair, they are currently dissatisfied with a number of decisions taken under her watch.

Chief among the concerns is a decision taken by Justice Singh to terminate the House-to-House Registration process in 2019, shortly after she was appointed to serve. The petitioners stated that the challenges currently faced, are, in part, linked to GECOM’s failure to cleanse the National Register of Registrants Database (NRRDB), and, by extension, the List of Electors. According to them, the flawed and bloated List of Electors is at the heart of the fraud that was uncovered during the National Recount.
Further, the petitioners, in the letter, expressed grave disappointment at Justice Singh’s refusal to declare the results of the March 2 General and Regional Elections in accordance with the Elections Report submitted by the Chief Elections Officer, as required and prescribed by the Constitution of Guyana.
The National Recount, conducted in May-June, had unearthed, according to the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, well over 6,000 irregularities and cases of voter impersonation but the Chairman of the Elections Commission had said there was little that GECOM could do. She has repeatedly instructed the Chief Elections Officer to compile an Elections Report based on the National Recount, inclusive of the votes compromised by clear electoral fraud.
The petitioners said they have taken note of Justice Singh’s “refusal to vitiate the tainted elections of March 2, 2020,” and the unilateral inclusion of the results of approximately 49 ballot boxes from the East Coast of Demerara which were revealed during the Recount Process to have been affected by widespread fraud.
They have also accused the GECOM Chair of constantly changing the parameters of the recount process and procedures to suit the demands of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C); unilateral inclusion of fraudulent votes during the recount process; and the unilateral setting aside of the lawful declarations made by the 10 Returning Officers.
“In view of the aforementioned actions, along with your clearly partisan and biased approach to executing your function as Chair of GECOM, we regret to advise you that we have lost confidence in your chairmanship. No Guyanese can, any longer, repose in you, any level of confidence that you will serve as GECOM Chair fairly and impartially. Your actions have been biased, prejudiced and partisan,” they said in the letter.
The petitioners added: “we request, nay plead, that you now do the honourable thing and resign and release the people of Guyana from a prejudiced and biased Chairman of GECOM. We are unprepared to allow you to continue serving as GECOM Chairman and offer you an opportunity to depart peacefully. Should you resist, we will pursue every lawful means of effecting your removal.”
When contacted by the Guyana Chronicle, GECOM’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward was unable to confirm if the Petition was served on the Chair. It, however, was signed by a number of persons.