When most Guyanese agreed to participate in the recent elections, they were made to understand that it was ‘impossible’ for persons to vote for migrants who were out of the country on elections day and for those who have died. Whether or not this has taken place is not a matter for speculation, but can be and must be sufficiently verified factually. If a factual investigation finds that not only 1 or 10 or even 100 migrants and/or dead person ‘voted’ in the elections, but hundreds and over 1,000 did and that this did not happen in one or two regions but in every region of the country, what are we to conclude? For me, the problem is not merely numerical; it is structural and suggests that some corrupt actor has been systematically attempting to influence the outcome of the 2020 elections. If the ‘impossible’ can have become so pervasive, at the very least it also indicates that every other credible allegation must be thoroughly investigated and factored into the GECOM’s final decision.
