Dear Editor,
WHEN Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Motcley suggested that it is “clear that there are forces” in Guyana “that do not want to see the votes recounted for whatever reason” for the 2nd March Guyana elections, everyone thought she was hinting at the Coalition government.
After the actions on the part of the opposition and their commissioners, I’m inclined to believe that PM Mottley was really talking about the PPP opposition.
How else could you explain the tactics now being employed by the PPP spokesman Mr. Nandlall? Mr. Nandlall suggests that a detailed scrutiny of the ballots will be illegal. This is after his party agreed to the recount and has been integrally involved in every detail of the recount procedures. If you can’t examine the ballots in detail, what purpose does the recount serve? If the opposition’s cries of “rigging” are not to ring hollow, then a complete audit of all votes cast is the only way to detect this “rigging.” Suppose that a ballot box shows that there are more votes in the box than are electors registered in that district, a clear attempt to “rig” would have been uncovered. How could the PPP be against this?
The PPP has also suggested that the “rigging” was done in Region Four only. This defies logic. If a party was going to rig an election, why would they confine it to a single region? Why would the margin be so close? If rigging was done, it would have occurred in all regions and not by slim margins.
The quote by Mr. Nandlall regarding the recount of ballots says it all; “You are bound to find irregularity.” Who again is trying to stall the recount?
Regards
Paul Tyndall
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_epaper_05_07_2020