Post-Nomination Day : Cheated?; Not Defeated?

As I wrote and promised three columns ago, today’s very brief piece is another contribution from me to GECOM’s and the political parties’ Voter Education process and efforts.

It also touches on just how much the ordinary voter should know in order to vote correctly and appreciate when, indeed, his or her Party has really lost and was not cheated by any fraud. (Cheddi Jagan liked to say “we were cheated, not defeated” and he used to be right!)

 Objectives, understandings

Now that Nomination Day has passed and GECOM has notified – or is about to notify- the electoral contestants about the validity and