Dear Editor,
In retrospect, Guyana’s March 2, 2020 Regional and General Elections, was a painstaking event which caused Guyanese to suffer moments of suspense, tension, alarm, embarrassment, amusement, mockery and laughter.
Four years have whisked away since the unscrupulous actors and actresses staged their dirty play for their infamous performances for the failed show, “The day the ruthless riggers failed.”

Guyana stood still for five agonising months as the election result recount took place. Even when the recount showed that the PPP/C Party had defeated the incumbent PNC Party, they refused to accede to the result and held on to power. It took the might of the American Booths to shove them out.

There was tense trauma as ambulances blared their sirens (serenading) their way to and fro from the GECOM venue and the hospital (?). Drama was part and parcel of the scene, adding thrill, as a bomb hoax was announced. Election officers suffered from unknown medical issues which lasted momentarily.

There was the appearance and disappearance of officials, the queer and worrisome hide and seek game being played and the strange but true provoking and provocative announcements made by the then government officials. Insanity outplayed itself as the subject of mathematics took a turn for the worse.

Even a dirty charade (bed sheet) was introduced to disguise and discolor figures and numbers. An extended shooting range formed the field for testing your sights as numbers kept fading from the spectators.
The Diplomatic Corp and observers were subject to ridicule.

Threats were openly issued to scare the invitees. Junior police ranks were guilty of insubordination. A senior police officer was immediately transferred (removed) from his post. Tempers flared as a shouting match began. There was an invasion of insanity as skullduggery failed to advance its course.

Some comments, opinions, responses, answers and remarks are well worth their salt to reflect upon, as many players face charges and await trial in the court for alleged election fraud.
The Thursday night following March 2, Granger had proudly announced at a “victory” rally: “We are here to serve you for the next five years.”

“I cannot claim victory, which I have not done and I cannot concede defeat, which I have not done unless I am notified formally by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) what the results of the elections of the 2nd March have been. I don’t know what the Elections Commission will declare,” Granger told reporters at State House, Georgetown on July 1, 2020.

According to Granger, “I don’t want to say I am concerned, but I must say that I prefer that no foreign Head of government, or no foreign official comment on Guyanese internal politics until the results are announced.”
Former President Granger directed this remark to CARICOM Heads of Government, “people should be more prudent in their remarks; we know what we are doing.”

Joseph Harmon had written several heads of government and the international organisations, outlining that “based on the vast amount of evidence” the APNU+AFC Coalition “believes, and intends to prove, that the elections held on March 2 lacked credibility and legitimacy”.

Former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur commented on Harmon’s ‘vitriolic’ attack on Gonsalves. “It can’t be that someone at the level of Mr. Harmon thinks that he has the authority to unleash the kind of vitriolic attack that he unleashes on Caribbean leaders…He is not a Caribbean leader, and your leader should tell Mr. Harmon that he is out of order and he is out of place.”

Owen Arthur said, “I speak on behalf of the Commonwealth, the largest organisation of people in the world, and I am not going to have, not me, the Commonwealth disrespected by a threat to take away the accreditation.”

Former Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes had said, “Security personnel at the direction of Minister [of Public Security Khemraj] Ramjattan directed immigration to detain and question these individuals. Cyber Equipment was seized and three of the four Russians were found and deported. The fourth Russian operative has still not been located.”

Head of the OAS observer mission to Guyana’s March 2nd elections, Bruce Golding said, “And permit me here to pause to make a comment. I have never seen a more transparent effort to alter the results of an election.” He further added: “You know it takes an extraordinarily courageous mind [he gave a hint of a laugh as he said those two words] to present fictitious numbers when such a sturdy paper trail exists.”

Guyana’s ally and Barbados Prime minister, Mia Mottley said: “The truth hurts.” There is no denial that March 2, 2020 General Election was the mother of all elections in Guyana. The PPP/C Party came out “pon tap.” It was a fair and free election and insurgents did attempt to undermine democracy. That is the whole truth and nothing more than the truth and the PNC know it!
Yours respectfully,
Jai Lall