DIRECTOR-General of the Ministry of the Presidency and co-campaign manager of the coalition APNU+AFC has called on the leaders of the Opposition
Peoples Progressive Party/Civic {PPP/C) to issue peace orders to its supporters following violent protests on the East Coast of Demerara and Berbice on Friday.
Harmon noted on Friday evening that while tl1e country awaits the results of Monday’s elections, the protest action which resulted in many being injured, was undertaken based on the inferences of the intellectual authors within the PPP and their calls for their supporters to get engaged in sorts of lawlessness” as seen in various coastal regions on Friday.
“So this is not a good situation, and we would like to have this matter dealt with quickly;’ he said.
He called on the PPP/C hierarchy to exercise leadership, and refrain from the physical damage which occurred on Friday. Harmon said children were injured simply because they were travelling in a ‘David G’ school bus.
He called on the PPP/C to ensure that the country does not degenerate into ‘strife’, noting that Guyana is a blessed country. He said that President David Granger
has already issued a call for calm during this time, and for the population to act with restraint.
Harmon also called on his party supporters to not to be provoked, noting it is part of a plan by the PPP/C to make the country ungovernable. He said he is convinced that Guyanese are right-thinking., and are familiar with what is at stake for the country at the moment.
Harmon said the numbers show clearly d1at the APNU+AFC are well ahead of any of the other political parties following the elections.
He said the next step should be for a declaration to be made by the Chief Elections Officer, followed by a meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission {GECOM)
and confirmation of the results by the commission. Thereafter, the chair of GECOM sends a statement to the Chancellor of the Judiciary who will act to have the President swam in.
He said the Commission should have met on Friday to conclude the process when the PPP/C served an injunction on it.
Harmon said the Chair of the Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh decided she will follow what the court says, and agreed that the procedure for swearing-in will be put on hold and the parties will go to court tills morning where the injunction will be heard.
He said the APNU+AFC expects the situation to be treated with some amount ,of sped.
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_e-paper_3-7-2020