I believe that we have reached the point where people were shot in the street for their involvement in the most basic of their human and constitutional rights, namely to protest peacefully, largely because the conceptual and operational process established by the Guyana Elections Commission to present the results of the 2011 national and regional elections was deeply flawed.
Firstly let me say that I am one of those who believe that we must at all times uphold the right of persons to non-violent peaceful protest and that this should not rest upon whether or not we agree with their reasons for the protest. It so happens that on this occasion I am on the side of the protesters, although not because I believe that APNU won the elections or that a recount would fundamentally change the results. Those who follow these columns would know that I believed the present outcome to be the most probable.
However, I believe that many persons, particularly those in the PPP when it was in opposition, have fought long and hard for the right to count the votes at the place of poll and the initial refusal of the
