The Coalition’s diversionary tactics and attempt to hold on to power will not work

Dear Editor

The Coalition leaders are now clutching at the proverbial straws since the electorate has not only spurned them but guarantee their ultimate demise as a Government and maybe as a political force.
This was evident by the massive defeat at the LGE in 2018, the disgraceful defeat by the vote of no confidence in that same year and the most shameful acts to rig the 2020 Elections when faced with imminent defeat. The fraudulent acts which the Coalition has attempted so far will remain indelibly in the annals and in the memories of Guyanese and the world at large.

What is even more disgusting is that the Coalition does not know when to stop its effort to rig the elections. Having agreed for a recount, the Coalition now wants to destroy the credibility of the elections, to annul it and call fresh elections having accepted that the OLE was credible and the election on March 2 was free, fair and credible. The Coalition must be aware that accepted and insignificant variances will never annul an election and furthermore such claims can only be entertained by way of an election petition. But as usual, the Coalition is not interested in the success of the legal action but they enjoyed the borrowed time until such time that they will announce their dictatorial rule. However, their games are now an open secret.

The Coalition will never be able to convince anyone that the PPP/C rigged the Elections. From all evidences available, it is the Coalition, which has attempted to rig and the Recount has exposed that fact. No amount of white washing will erase that. There is also evidence to substantiate Mingo’s rigging in favour of the Coalition. He produced his own spreadsheet from ‘doctored’ figures which such an amateurish way to rig an election. The nation is waiting to see how the GECOM’S Chair addresses this criminal act once the recount is completed.

What is equally disgraceful is the act of trying to kill democracy in this country by debarring the world renowned Carter Center from completing its observation of the Elections. The Carter Center has been in this country since January this year and has set the foundation for a transparent, credible, and free and fair elections.

A most glaring attempt by the Coalition to kill democracy is to claim ‘interference ‘by the USA, Britain, Canada and the EU. Even international bodies such as the OAS are being accused of ‘interfering ‘in the internal affairs of our country but when the Coalition was the opposition, they had welcomed such ‘interference’ since it suited their political agenda.
More recently, Joseph Harmon, the man for all seasons accused the OAS of ‘interfering’ in Guyana’s internal affairs simply because that organisation stated that the elections recount would be credible enough to declare a winner.

He even suggested that the OAS has usurped the role of GECOM. If Harmon can say so, what are the roles and functions of such observers? His party agreed to the recount and signed accordingly. His party had lauded the elections as free, fair and credible and they had wanted to swear in Granger.

There must be a winner so the OAS did not pre-empt the ruling of GECOM since even the GECOM’S Chair had said that the Elections were free and fair. The OAS did not state that the PPP/C is the winner.

On the other hand, Harmon said that the report of the CARICOM team will be ‘persuasive’ to determine the credibility of the elections. How do we reconcile the two different views? One is deemed ‘interference’ and the other is ‘persuasive’.
It would seem that Harmon believed that Mingo’s fraudulent tabulation is the product of the PPP/C. It would seem also that he is still unaware that those who voted did not migrate and the dead did not vote.

The Coalition’s diversionary tactics and attempt to hold on illegally to power will not work.

Yours sincerely
Haseef Yusuf