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How absurd can the PSC be?

Dec 04, 2011 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling for the contesting parties to accept the results of the recently concluded “Elections” declared by GECOM and in flagrant disregard of the legitimate call by APNU for a verification of Statements of Poll by GECOM and all the political parties as a pre-condition of their acceptance.
APNU’s call arises from SOP-based evidence of serious discrepancies between their SOPs and results declared by GECOM. There are many other irregularities that have to be addressed before any results can be viewed as legitimate.
The PSC is not interested in GECOM investigating the serious and valid concerns of electoral irregularities. They are calling for peace and clearly have no interest in justice. It is well known that there can be no peace where justice is absent. The PSC have to be told this even as they have established that they are uninterested in social cohesion. I stand to be corrected but I am unaware of the PSC speaking out on the following:
– use of state resources by the PPP for campaigning
– the hijacking of the state media (NCN and Chronicle) on behalf of the PPP even to the extent whereby voting had already commenced and NCN was broadcasting NACTA’s “poll” declaring that the PPP was expected to obtain between 49 percent to 60 percent of the votes
– the buying of votes for the PPP using the treasury and with the Laptop Project, solar panels, etc.
– the PPP’s violating of the elections Code of Conduct on the very day they signed it with Robert Persaud distributing land titles in Essequibo
– on elections day Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues was in the Rupununi promising voters sewing machines and washing machines prior to their voting
The above is but a tiny sample of the violations and gross abuse of state resources that many including Christopher Ram highlighted to show that the elections were never fair and could never be free. The PSC, however, is not interested in the many acts of lawlessness on the part of the outgoing government but wants peace. How absurd is this?
I can assure the cabal that controls the PSC that they have no credibility with the majority of citizens of this country.
If they wish to be viewed with any degree of respect or relevance, my suggestion to them would be for once to begin considering the national interest and not just retention of the criminal status quo.
In this regard they can begin by focusing on drugs and security and call on the PPP to immediately allow the DEA to open an office in Guyana and to accept the British Government’s offer of comprehensive Security Sector Reform. This would be a good start.
Ronald Bulkan

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