Dear Editor,
ONCE again, those dishonest voices which have become so well known by the constancy of their daily distortions are frantically seeking to return to their old and defeated methodology of deception; vile and wicked distortions, and dangerous misinformation for purely political ends.
Having been exposed by a series of court rulings, this clique of political intriguers has once again turned their attention to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in further attempts at bringing its independent functions into disrepute by both attacking and challenging its chairperson.
Editor, if one were to read the recent front page captions of an opposition-aligned private print media on the decision of the GECOM chairperson on the publication of names for persons of uncollected identification (ID) cards, their tenor is akin to persons high on political LSD: Frenetic, wild, and without any probable reason for their further ‘crookish’ intentions; to first whip up public sentiment, particularly among its supporters, against the chairperson, and secondly to raise public tensions. It is an ongoing strategy which the PPP/C opposition resorts to at every perceived or imaginary reason; it is part of their failed agenda against the government.
What GECOM is endeavouring is in accordance with its constitutionally legitimate mandate; ensuring a sanitised list for free and fair elections. This means that it has to ensure that its electoral mechanism can deliver such an important exercise. Its methodologies, therefore, must always be geared towards credible voters on its list.
By rejecting the chairperson’s edict of ascertaining the existence or not of so many thousands of citizens who have not uplifted their ID Cards since 2008, the PPP/C stands accused of fraudulent intentions, and by extension lying to its supporters about the true nature of this very imminent GECOM exercise, which can only benefit the democratic process of Guyana.
Jagdeo must be reminded, ad nauseam, that a post-election anarchic society is not in the interest, of any kind, of a country that is geared towards great things, as again reminded by the IMF in its latest projected growth rate of the local economy expanding by 86 per cent in 2020.
All of them; the entire leadership of the PPP/C and their known political distortionists and constitutional ‘experts’, are once again seeking to raise a false accusatory crescendo. Like all the past ones, especially twisting the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)’s decisions for devious political ends, this, too, will fail, because of being on the wrong side of reason and of the law for anti-national ends. This means failing their support base as well.
Regards,
Earl Hamilton
