Dear Editor,
PLEASE allow me a space to share my views and I think many will also feel the same and have the same view as to what has been happening since the March 2020 elections.
Let me say clearly that this fight that many are calling the fight for democracy is untrue, it is a fight for more than democracy by the PPP and its associates that is taking place in Guyana.
This fight is all about power and get back that which was invested because the PPP and its financiers invested heavily before the no-confidence motion (NCM), during the NCM, after the NCM and up to the March 2020 elections.
Firstly, I can recall that there were lots of allegations that were never denied that the PPP paid a heavy fee to the person who voted in favour of their NCM. It was revealed when the said person who betrays his nation was seeking to purchase gold in large quantities and refer to it as “casareep.” This is the very man who didn’t have funds a few months before to seek medical attention in Canada and had to ask the Hon Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Security for a raise to do same.
Secondly, the PPP had taken the NCM to the CCJ and they had lawyers from Trinidad who were representing them in that matter. Therefore,, the financiers of the PPP had to make investments there again in ensuring they have their way.
As we all know, the NCM entailed a long court battle and again it is safe to say that this was another investment by the PPP to overthrow a democratically elected government.
Thirdly, after the NCM or I would want to believe that even during the NCM the PPP was in talks with the lobbying firm “Mercury.” The PPP then hired this said lobbying firm to advise them and put plans in place towards the 2020 elections. The GS of the PPP who is a dictator, admitted hiring of the said firm. Again, the PPP financiers had to pull out tens of millions of dollars to invest in hiring Mercury.
This is the firm that started to corrupt the minds of Guyanese as they created fake Facebook pages and profiles, fake digital news outlets, etc. This is the firm that also ensured that the PPP based their elections campaign on race and false information so that their supporters would fall for it.
Not long before the March 2020 elections the PPP and Bharrat Jagdeo got into full swing in ensuring that they used the method that Mercury gave to them and Bharrat, during one of his press conferences, told the nation that the PPP won’t take March 2020 elections lightly if they are told that they lose.
This is when Bharrat started to issue threats that his supporters won’t take it easy if they lost and that they would ensure that they do all that ihey have to do to ensuring that the elections go the PPP’s way and no other way.
Fourthly, the PPP invested heavily in the 2020 elections campaign. It is believed that their financiers had invested tens of millions of dollars in digital and print media advertisements, banners, posters, flags, etc. It is also said that millions of dollars were spent to bus in their supporters to the public meetings and rallies.
The PPP’s and its financiers’ funds are running low and that was very evident when attorney at law Nandlall had asked the CJ to see with him and return his $500,000 I believe for his sleepless nights and hiring of the Trinidad lawyer.
Brothers and sisters, don’t be fooled by the gimmicks of the PPP that they won the elections. The PPP had to announce that the very next day to corrupt the entire elections process as the tabulation was taking place. The PPP blindsided the foreign observers because they didn’t even catch themselves as to what the PPP is about and doing.
As soon as the PPP announced the very moment they won, their supporters and financiers in Trinidad started to celebrate before Guyanese could have. They felt the importance of that announcement and started to enjoy because they knew their investment was not in vain.
But little did they know that the entire story of the fraudulent acts of the PPP started to reveal publicly and the PPP and its financiers started to get worried because it is a shame that a company like Mercury which was implicated in the US elections process, could not have their way so far in a small and tiny country like Guyana.
This fight of the PPP is not about democracy; don’t be fooled by the PPP and its associates. This fight is all about the fight for power in gaining government. It’s a fight for the PPP to ensure that its financiers feel confident in them so as to continue the investment in them. It’s a fight to ensure that they get power so that the fraud charges against Irfraan Ali can be pushed aside and also the law books case against Nandlall die away. It’s a fight to ensure that they get the opportunity to provide their financiers with what was promised to them.
This fight that the PPP and its associates are calling a fight for democracy is a fight to ensure that Bharrat Jagdeo has a third term as President because he will be the one calling the shots and not Irfaan Ali, Ali is said to be the man who will be tied with strings that will be pulled by Bharrat as he plays the tune as the master for the puppet to sing.
This fight is for the PPP to gain power, repay and enrich its financiers and mostly for Bharrat to have his third term. GECOM needs to act and act now. The 10 ROs have already done their final declarations and some of the ROs denied having recounts of their regions being done. The CEO is ready to provide/give his report to the chair and commissioners of GECOM to have the final declaration to be given by the CEO to the nation.
Allow the President to swear in and if the PPP and its small parties have a problem with the results, then they can challenge it by filing an elections petition after the final declaration has been made.
So, the fight for democracy that the PPP and its associates are claiming they are waging is a totally false fight and it’s a fight for power, so that their investors can be refunded and the promise to them being fulfilled by the PPP.
Regards
Abel Seetaram
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_epaper_15_04_2020