Yes to democracy

Dear Editor,
We, children of Guyana, many on this list who have voted for the first time, demand that our votes be tabulated and declared in a credible manner that reflects the will of the people. We are leaving this responsibility to fix this political mess in a timely manner, solely at the feet of Ms Claudette Singh, (the Chairperson of GECOM) because this is her job.
We all are fully aware that all of the electoral districts were legitimately declared save and except for District No Four.

This district was not declared credibly because senior officials in GECOM abandoned the law and decided to do their own thing to ensure that the APNU/AFC is artificially declared the overall winner of the 2020 elections. But irrespective of the action of these operatives led by Mr Clairmont Mingo, with active support from his seniors in the GECOM Secretariat, the buck for this proverbial fraud stops with the Chairperson of GECOM. Under the law – Act No 15 of 2000, the Election Laws (Amendment) Act 2000, the power to fix any difficulties that have arisen in the process is given to GECOM headed by the Chairperson.

To date, the Chairperson of GECOM has failed to fix the difficulties that were created by these political operatives in the organisation, despite having said that “she is doing all that she can” when the evidence reveals she is not.
Madam Singh, as a former Jurist on the Appeals Court, you are amply educated and informed of the laws to make an order. It is disturbing to us to know that such a learned previous Judge will leave such a process to others. This is unfortunate.

It has been eight Mondays (8 weeks) since we held elections and yet week after week, Ms Claudette Singh continues to not do her job. All she has done was sidestep the real issues and found secondary issues to populate her communications with the media. This has given energy to the school of thought that the Chairperson is not asserting herself in the process enough and this is contributing to the results not credibly being declared.

We say no to any attempt to thwart the will of the people by way of rigged elections. We say yes to democracy.

With regards,
Signed by Juan Edghill Jr and 24 others