Opinion

Dear Editor, Basil Williams’ misconception of the law is legendary. It is manifest in his latest missive published in the Stabroek News on the 14th day of June 2020, under the caption “In light of evidence before it GECOM ought not to request final report from CEO”.

Dear Editor, As a youth I heard frequently from many adults that “politics is a dirty game.”

Dear Editor, Fifteen weeks following the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections, it seems that the process is coming to a close.

Last Wednesday, with a bluntness that some may regard as diplomatically indelicate, Common-wealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland asserted that in the midst of the various COVID-19 emergencies that have arisen here in the Caribbean, we can expect the occurrence of instances of unwholesome opportunism amongst those in our midst whose sensitivities are finely tuned to recognize and extract exploitative advantage from circumstances of  challenge and tragedy. 

Dear Editor, I am vain enough to think that GECOM was convinced by my argument that a particular (statistical)  standard of proof would be required for the results of the recount to have been put aside because of “anomalies and discrepancies”, in favour of some other results for the final declaration of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections.

Dear Editor, If the Chair of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, accepts the uninvited and ultra vires opinion of the CEO of GECOM, Keith Lowenfield, that the results of the recount are not credible and that by his account, only 185,000 of the 460,000 votes case are credible, Ms.

Dear Editor, I recognize a work of sublime art. I look upon it as the handiwork of the mysteries of man’s mind, magical minds many times resplendent in the majesty of its mesmerizing and incomprehensible madness.

Dear Editor, I am directing this plea to President David Granger.

Dear Editor, I am a single parent of three children. My eldest boy is taking the NGSA examination.

Dear Editor, All law students trained in Guyana and the Caribbean learn almost immediately what Article 8 of the Constitution says.

Dear Editor, Permit me to congratulate Dr Henry Jeffrey on his excellent Future Notes column: captioned, `Votes in the boxes’ published in the Stabroek News, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 edition.

One by one the masks are coming off. First, it was the District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo who tried to fix the election in favour of APNU+AFC by casting aside Statements of Poll and inflating and deflating figures according to his whims.

Dear Editor, The lockdown and other measures to address COVID-19 have resulted is an ongoing struggle for students who are preparing for the Secondary Schools Exam/National Grade Six Assessment.

Dear Editor, Jurisdiction is conferred on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by the last recital in Order No.60 of 2020 which derives its authority from article 162 (1) (b) and section 22 of the Election Laws (Amendment) Act No.15 of 2000 to resolve irregularities, discrepancies and anomalies occurring in the elections process.

Dear Editor, As we grow older, we sometimes tend to over-react.

Dear Editor, Forty years and one day ago, the people of Guyana witnessed the assassination of one of the country’s greatest sons, Dr.

Dear Editor,’ Chief Election Officer Mr. Keith Lowenfield has submitted “his” report on the deadline.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that Keith Lowenfield, the Chief Election Officer of GECOM, has taken the liberty to pronounce on the credibility of the March 2020 General and Regional Elections.