ATTORNEY General Anil Nandlall, SC, has strongly rebuked attorney-at-law and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) member Dexter Todd, over his recent public denial of the widely condemned attempt to rig Guyana’s 2020 General and Regional Elections.
Speaking on Tuesday during his weekly ‘Issues in the News’ programme, Nandlall labelled Todd’s remarks as dishonest, deeply disturbing, and disconnected from reality.
“When a person can say this, you know that something is mentally wrong with them,” Nandlall, who is also the Minister of Legal Affairs, asserted, responding to Todd’s claim that the APNU+AFC coalition did not attempt to rig the 2020 elections.
Todd, who recently joined the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R)-led APNU, made his political debut during a campaign event in Bagotville, West Bank Demerara. There, he dismissed longstanding allegations of electoral fraud, stating, “They want to say that APNU rigged the last elections.
“Bring your facts. The lies they’ve been telling you is that APNU must account to you for robbing this country of democracy. That is a lie. We must be bold enough to tell them, ‘If they have the facts, bring the facts,” Todd added.

However, Nandlall emphasised that the issue was not about whether APNU+AFC succeeded in rigging the elections, but that they clearly and deliberately attempted to do so.
He was incredulous, noting that Todd was not merely questioning the outcome but denying the well-documented and widely condemned attempt to subvert the electoral process.
“We don’t have to bring the facts. We saw that you [APNU+AFC] attempted to steal the elections. We are the eyewitnesses,” Nandlall declared.
He said that the events unfolded publicly, were recorded on video, and were observed by both local citizens and international stakeholders. “Guyana, the people of Guyana, are eyewitnesses. Eyewitnesses don’t bring facts—they say what they saw. And it was shown to the world via social media. The videos are there,” he added.
He pointed to the statement by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who led the Organisation of American States (OAS) observer mission, and described the Region Four tabulation process as “one of the most transparent efforts to alter an election outcome” he had ever witnessed.
Nandlall further reminded the public that condemnation of the APNU+AFC’s post-election conduct came not just from the OAS, but from a broad coalition of international observer teams, diplomatic missions, and nearly 100 governments around the world.
The APNU+AFC has never released its Statements of Poll (SoPs) to support its claims of victory.
The Attorney General reminded of the recent revelations by the Regional Vice-Chairman of Region Four and former PNC/R member, Samuel Sandy.
During a revealing interview on the Starting Point Podcast, Sandy unequivocally stated that the APNU+AFC coalition lost the 2020 elections.
“I’ll categorically state that in 2020, the APNU+AFC lost the elections,” Sandy asserted.
Sandy explained that he was tasked with collecting all the SoPs during the 2020 elections, which he photographed and kept in his possession.
He said he was present at the Ashmins Building during the tabulation process for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), where he compared the official numbers being announced with his own records, but found that they did not match.
As the country heads into another electoral cycle, he was asked whether he believes it is incumbent on the part of the current opposition leader, Aubrey Norton, to face the nation and admit that for five years they have been fooling their support base about what transpired in 2020.
In his response, he said that the leader would not do so.
Sandy recently announced his endorsement of the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) ahead of the 2025 elections set for September 1.
The Guyanese electorate, after casting votes on March 2, 2020, endured a five-month wait for the results as they witnessed alleged unlawful acts and a slew of legal challenges.
Currently, nine individuals—including senior former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials and APNU+AFC affiliates—face charges related to electoral fraud.
Among them are former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, former Deputy CEO Roxanne Myers, former Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, former APNU+AFC Minister Volda Lawrence, and APNU member Carol Smith-Joseph.
In light of this, Nandlall expressed disbelief that Todd would choose to defend APNU+AFC’s post-election conduct, stating the stance revealed a troubling disconnect from the reality witnessed by the entire nation and the international community.