Dear Editor,
I SERVED in the GDF for 20 years, and today I am a proud Veteran. I was president of the Ex-GDF Association from 2008 to 2014, and now I am president of the Guyana Veterans Legion. I represent Veterans in Guyana, and look after their interest.
Our serving soldiers and other members of the Disciplined Services do not have this type of representation, therefore, as a senior veteran, I take it upon myself to be their voice; their voice crying out loud against the effort by the PPP to have GECOM not count their votes in the current recount, because they are unstamped. PPP agents did not stamp the Disciplined Service ballots as they were required to, after these ballots were taken to specific polling stations in the Regions on Elections Day.
That over 8,000 Disciplined Services votes were not stamped in the PPP strongholds in Districts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 is not accidental or coincidental; this was a deliberate large-scale rigging attempt by the PPP. Our members of the Disciplined Services are loyal and patriotic citizens, and it is their democratic right to vote and have their votes counted. This is my call to GECOM to ensure that our Disciplined Services votes are counted. This is an imperative.
Regards,
George Gomes
Lieutenant Colonel (retired)
President, Guyana Veterans Legion
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_epaper_30_05_2020