Dear Editor,
IN ITS bid to destroy the electoral credibility of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the PPP/C has gone far and beyond the normal line of vile dishonesty, coupled with every trick in its book of subversives, to prove its contrived case. Never before has this nation witnessed such blatant disregard for constitutional norms, where, like vandals, this cabal sought to not only interfere in the electoral body’s procedural matters, but also sought to prove its case with the submission of nakedly fake polls, different in its compilation from those that are in the possession of the constitutional body.

The daily attempts by the opposition PPP/C and its anti-national horde — Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) et al – to trivialise the current recount exercise, which as Gazzetted, is about a forensic audit of the voting process on March 02, as per contents of the ballot box.

It is not surprising that the opposition party leaders/spokespersons, have again resorted to various methods of claiming that the process being undertaken is one of a numerical account. It is totally criminal of this political cabal, to have been promoting this position, when the Gazzetted order would have stated unanimity from both sides of the Commission.
But we know why this attempt at seeking to again subvert the GECOM’S exercise is being attempted – so as to bring the intense scrutiny of the contents of the ballot boxes to a speedy conclusion, which will in effect avoid the auditing as ordered and catered for in the ORDER; as well as deflect from the massive slew of irregularities being uncovered.
One must also further note, the contradiction of their observation of more time needed, for the process to be completed; but a position that totally exposes its plot to scuttle the scrutiny, when Irfaan Ali recommended an extension of just one week to the 25 days, the initially agreed period for the recount.

Call this another well-known piece of PPP/C trickery, WHICH IS REALLY ANOTHER DEMAND TO FORCE GECOM’S HAND INTO GRANTING ANOTHER CONCESSION, THUS ABANDONING THE INTENSE PROCESS OF SCRUTINY NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE ARTHUR CHUNG CONFERENCE CENTRE (ACCC).

GECOM must be reminded of its constitutional responsibilities, which has been relentlessly challenged by a PPP/C bent on extracting its approval towards its goal of covering up its daily documented acts of electoral fraud, as being reported every day.

Further, the GECOM must understand that it must not deviate, by altering any of its laid down procedures, with regards to guiding the current exercise through to its finality. It is time that it let not only its constitutional principles, but also what it stands for prevail. The fact is that GECOM has bent over too much to accommodate the unfair demands of an opposition party and its vested-interest clique, which continues to disrespect its mandate, in addition to displaying a total lack of appreciation of the electoral body’s efforts to achieve its constitutional, and now gazzetted, goals. It must not allow itself to be perceived by the anti-nationals, as being amenable to their acts of bullyism. At the end of this exercise, the GECOM must emerge with its constitutional reputation, although severely challenged, intact.
Regards,
Troy Garraway