Opinion

Dear Editor, As a true friend of Guyana – who spent part of my childhood in Guyana in the early 1980’s – and as a former senior United States government official – I want to make clear that the Guyana election recount will soon be completed, and call upon all parties in Guyana to respect the voters and accept the election results.

Dear Editor, Like the rest of the world, we in Guyana witnessed with pain and horror the brutal murder of George Floyd on May 25th in Minneapolis, USA by a white policeman, invoking memories of the centuries of lynching of black men in the United States of America, where so many of our Guyanese and Caribbean citizens have made their homes.

Dear Editor, The recent statement on the recount process by the Organisation of American States (OAS) that, “A declaration based on these results would lead to the installation of a legitimate government” is that organization’s opinion.

Dear Editor, My letter of February 22 was published under SN’s heading `Do not squander the goodwill of the electorate’.

Dear Editor, In his letter `Guyanese likely to be the perennial losers again no matter who wins the elections’ (SN, 5th June 2020) Mr Emile Mervin seems to have lost hope in Guyana ever being successful.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C had mounted a much more robust, well-organized and issue-oriented campaign than any of its political rivals.

The one examination which all 11-12 year-olds across the length and breadth of Guyana have to sit is the National Grade Six Assessment.

Dear Editor, Several weeks ago, the Ministry of Education assured parents that it would reschedule the sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations to a date that would not cause panic and allow adequate time for children whose preparation for these exams was disrupted by the arrival of the COVID-19 virus in Guyana.

Dear Editor, My statement that: “fraud once committed, makes everything a nullity.

Dear Editor, I am making this appeal to the Chair of GECOM I write out of deep concern for the future of Guyana, but more importantly for the future of our young people.

Dear Editor, Permit my audacity responding to your editorial note on letter captioned, `Editorial note was an act of suppression and an attempt not to acknowledge profound aspects of the Recount Order’ on Friday, 5th June, 2020.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a promise to put “America first.”

Dear Editor, One of the greatest threats facing peace and cohesion in the world today is disinformation.

Dear Editor, I have written to the GECOM Chairperson, Ret’d. Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh, suggesting a just, legal and non-partisan standard of proof that must be provided by any party that is asserting discrepancies and anomalies in the General and Regional Elections (G&RE) and/or the National Recount (NR). 

Dear Editor, It is not too early to be earnestly thinking of Truth and Reconciliation amongst all our people, for the good of our people and country.

Dear Editor, David Granger, on 17th May, 2020, at a Press Conference across the road from the Convention Center, where the election Recount is coming to a conclusion, told the nation when asked “to what extent would your Coalition accept the result coming from the Recount” evaded the question.

Dear Editor, In a letter by me in the Stabroek News dated 3rd June, 2020 and captioned `Recount is not about simple numbers but a more complex and complete evaluation,’ I  presented factual evidence  to buttress the claim as captured in the headline of said letter in response to the effrontery  of the European Union  Ambassador Fernando Ponz Canto suggesting, inspite of the very glaring evidence of electoral fraud and corruption  discovered  in every region that, “ it was impossible to cheat”. 

Dear Editor, As the nation awaits the declaration of the final recount to determine the winner of the March 2, 2020 elections, the fundamental question is whether Guyanese will once again emerge the perennial losers until the next election cycle.