Stop lying to supporters – Shuman tells Granger

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (JP), Lenox Shuman has called on caretaker President David Granger to stop lying to the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) supporters and end the current political charade by accepting that he has lost the elections.

In a strongly-worded statement following the High Court ruling in the Misenga Jones v GECOM et al case, Shuman said, “We call on Mr Granger to stop lying to his supporters, stop torturing this nation, call off his dogs of war and end this charade.”
The LJP also called on the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh to “see through the PNC’s (People’s National Congress’s) continued attempts to derail the conclusion of these elections and take decisive steps to show her mettle and end this torture”.
He pointed out that “the world knows the PPP won. Let’s get on with it!”, adding that the Party welcomed the ruling of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George in which she dismissed the case which challenged the validity of Order 60 (the recount order).

“In her ruling, Madam Chief Justice was pellucid that the matters brought before the court were already ruled upon (res Judicata), that the case was ill-conceived, that the 10 declarations were thrown out, and that the recount numbers must be used to declare the next Governing Administration. The ruling by the High Court is reflective of every stillbirth argument presented by the PNC (APNU/AFC) in trying to convince their supporters, the Guyanese people, and the international community that they were victorious at the 2 March 2020 polls,” the LJP leader said.

He added that the LJP continued to commend the Chair of the GECOM for her patience and leadership of the Commission in giving the aggrieved parties the opportunity to ventilate, to wits’ end, all matters that trouble their hearts.
“While we know that Madam Chair is cautious, gives due consideration to all matters filed before the courts and extends the utmost courtesy to the aggrieved PNC and their supporters, we are hopeful that a long overdue courtesy can be given to the nation that awaits the conclusion of the elections and delay no further in recognising the right of every Guyanese by ensuring that the sovereignty enshrined in Article 9 of the Constitution is respected,” he said.

Shuman stated that considering that the Caribbean Court of Justice and Chief Justice George were comprehensive and clear in their previous judgements, it sees the approach to the Court of Appeal as a “waste of the court’s and country’s time and it is an obstruction of the elections declarations by the PNC that we are hopeful will levy further sanctions on the perpetrators that continue to torture this nation through this process.
“That Mr Granger says that his party is not interfering in the work of the GECOM, the frivolous filing that has been succinctly dispatched by the CCJ – Guyana’s apex court, and now the High Court, are paramount evidence of his and the PNC’s continued attempts to deny the electorate their franchise,” the LJP leader said.