We will be completely justified in trusting the outcome of this election. A month ago I wrote a column pointing out that in a volatile, vitriolic and divisive campaign the nation was blessed in having a well run, unmanipulatable electoral process in which we could all depend to produce a free, fair and accurate result. Thanks to the procedures in place and independently vouched for, thanks to the well-trained staff, thanks to the six Commissioners and thanks to an intelligent and professional Chairman of unimpeachable integrity GECOM has done Guyana proud indeed.
I was able to write that the voice of the people would be heard unmuffled – that, as the old saying has it, the bell of freedom has been purely cast and will with truth resounding ring. And I concluded that we could be as sure as those in any democracy in the world, and surer than in most, that our election process fair is transparent and free of bias and is being administered expertly and even-handedly and that, therefore, whatever the result, the election would reflect correctly and unquestionably the will of the people.
Since that column appeared nothing has emerged to induce the
