Recount of votes should not be subject to COVID-19 curfew

Dear Editor,
It was clear from Moses Nagamootoo’s statement that the COVID–19 mandatory conditions were sine qua-non for the national recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.
What Nagamootoo is deliberately orchestrating is using the remnants of a de facto regime to further delay the recount process. But this is just to edify this “Guyanese” that a new and legitimate government is absolutely essential for Guyana, (which is long overdue) in order to take charge of the country and really handle the coronavirus pandemic in a more responsible way, and not the PNC–APNU/AFC regime anymore.

Nagamootoo’s so-called two weeks’ quarantine of international observers was baseless and ludicrous, as this was seen as another gimmick to earn another month’s salary off tax payers’ dollars. Further, why should the 6am-to-6pm curfew still be applied to the national recount exercise? The national recount of ballots is a matter of national importance, above and beyond all other matters at this juncture of Guyana’s affairs, and should not be subject to any curfew in the interest of time.

As a matter of urgency, the recount process should be on a two-shift system, between the hours of 8am and 10pm, and the entire national recount of ballots must be completed and declaration of the final results of the elections made within two weeks of commencement of the exercise.

Yours sincerely,
Paul Ramrattan