President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that the security forces are fully mobilised and on alert in the city to prevent any violence, while sounding a warning against attempts to mislead people into taking to the streets over the elections results.
“The security forces have my clear instructions to deal with any act of violence against any citizens in the manner befitting those actions and also in accordance with the laws of this country,” he told a hastily-convened news conference at State House, where he also sounded his disappointment with the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) over its inability to announce preliminary results as yet. He blamed the non-declaration of results for fuelling tension and enabling a climate of fear.
“I have made it clear that what we trained for, that is, any eventuality—for people to come on the street and harm others—that we will proceed according to plan to make sure that the
