What has transpired in this sister Caricom country since the March 2, 2020 election has basically been a circus, and it is indeed a shame that up to this stage a credible count of the votes has not been completed.
Jamaica Observer
Since 21 December 2018, Guyana has not had a democratically elected government in place to manage the affairs of the country and to restore it to a state of normalcy. The nation’ s psyche has been severely battered by the events that followed first through the refusal of the Government to accept the ruling of the Speaker of the National Assembly. It took more than six months of judicial review to resolve what was clearly the obvious.
Not satisfied that the outcome, and instead of calling elections not later than 18 September 2019, further obstacles were placed in the way. This time, concerns were raised about the apparent lack of readiness by the Elections Commission to hold such elections, notwithstanding that the Commission should always be a state of readiness to do so, considering the constitutional provision for elections to be held within three months of a successful vote of no confidence in the Government. That apart, GECOM had successfully run off the 2018 local government elections which all the stakeholders involved considered free, fair and credible.
