Dear Editor,
IT is increasingly obvious that the PPP/C government must be more aggressive in the pursuit of exposing the PNC/APNU+AFC’s desperate attempts at staying in office, and their role in the delay of the 2020 elections results.

It was not so long ago that this PNC cabal led the most offensive attempts at suppressing our nation in full view of the world. They now pretend to be having a pious right to exercise from a moral high ground that is non-existent. These treacherous actions the Guyanese people will not forget and must not be allowed to slip by the wayside.

It is for a lack of exposure that the current administrators of the lead party in the APNU+AFC Coalition are becoming emboldened as they continue the use of tactics to frustrate all efforts by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) concerning the holding of legitimate Local Government Elections (LGEs). A strengthened GECOM must be supported by all, and the slippery immorality of the PNC-led cabal is highlighted.

Within the framework of our applicable electoral legislation, GECOM has advanced efforts to realize the institution’s constitutional mandate towards transparent conduct of the overdue LGEs.
Albeit a little slow, GECOM conducted the cycle of Continuous Registration and subsequent Claims and Objections Process. The Chief Elections Officer of GECOM with the full support of his staff, has produced a particularly excellent work plan for the holding of LGEs, targeted before March 2023.

GECOM was able to generate a verifiable Preliminary List of Electors after the smooth Claims and Objections process with a one-week extension requested by the PNC/APNU+ AFC. The foregoing serves to ensure that GECOM is now ready to hold elections with the best possible voters list. It is also noteworthy that GECOM has already commenced the training of polling day staff in preparation for the LGEs. The institution is deserving of the necessary kudos in this regard.

On the Opposition front, the administrators have been busy producing unjustified criticisms just for the sake of opposing. Having participated in the various processes by having representative scrutineers, they are hardly in any position to proffer any meaningful condemnations. Nevertheless, the APNU+AFC has submitted claims of 2020 elections anomalies that they suggest affect the final List of Electors.
In keeping with the ruling of the GECOM Chairperson, the APNU+AFC must also quickly give to the police, the addresses of all the voters that the APNU+AFC claims were either dead or out of Guyana and, therefore, could not have voted in the 2020 General and Regional Elections.

The Opposition now has an excellent opportunity to produce to the police all those claims of impersonation in the 2020 elections. Further, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton must not hesitate to produce the Statements of Poll in his party’s possession.

The disgruntled and malicious leaders in the PNC are looking very spineless in their struggle to counter the building of the “One Guyana” platform. The allegations of voter impersonation and a bloated list are now rubbish.
The deliberate, reckless excuses that the PNC is making since they lost the elections must stop. Their false and exaggerated claims of marginalisation and discrimination are now falling on deaf ears as our people are getting immune to their lies. The PNC’s failures and inability to produce proper leaders are certainly a hindrance to that party’s development.
Guyana is ready for Local Government Elections.

Yours respectfully,
Neil Kumar.