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Jun 07, 2020 Letters
Dear Editor,
Since March 2, 2020 there has been much activity around the Recount Process. There are questions of its legality and some see it as an act of commitment and good faith by His Excellency David Granger. The Recount Process was gazetted and all political parties were getting into gear. GECOM itself had to be in a state of readiness. In any electoral process, only a simpleton or persons not committed to fairness would negate or purposefully avoid the embrace of Credibility of the electoral process. And so when a decision to embark on a Recount, the simpleton’s view is irrelevant and cannot be considered.
So what are the principles, which should guide this process? First and foremost, it is the Legal framework under which the election was conducted. That framework has provided GECOM with the power to conduct the process, ensure the credibility and integrity of the process and declare the results of the process. These are very important processes, which must be operationalised by well trained and committed persons. Persons who are not easily corrupted should be identified as part of the process because there are a number of processes, which would allow the Guyanese citizenry to conclude whether the process is wholesome with credibility and integrity. Much of what must be followed by the staff of GECOM and the citizens is clearly defined in the Law or the Administrative Manuals of GECOM. For example, all statutory documents must be placed in each Ballot box before being sealed. Clearly, there is a reason why this is required. There is no room for the description of violation of the process as an anomaly or an irregularity. In the electoral process, the violation of these processes is fraudulent. In the words of the Former Attorney General Mr. Anil Nandall, “Fraud is fraud and everything committed or tainted by fraud makes it a nullity Ab initio.” When the process as defined is not met in part or in the whole, how can anyone accept that all the processes related to the box bears an iota of credibility and integrity. When a box arrives without any documents in many instances, it is only the simpleton or the intellectual retard who would not understand that credibility and integrity has been trampled on.
Had this Recount Agreement not taken place, fraudulent violations would not have come to the fore.
Any electoral process consists of two phases (1) Qualitative phase the elements of which speak to the Credibility and integrity of the process; (2) the Quantitative or numerical phase. The qualitative influences the second. And the words of Anil Nandall ring through and true. Hence, an iota of fraud compromises the credibility and integrity of the first phase and hence voids the second phase. Also in a country where the voting pattern is racially charged, one cannot risk the acceptance of descriptions of anomalies and irregularities.
Richard Van West-Charles
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