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All Guyanese should raise their voices against this assault on Mr. Boodoo

Jun 04, 2013 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
Guyana is a unique country in many ways and there are very few such countries on the globe. Guyana is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious country. Guyana is indeed a beautiful flower garden. All this holds true until the issue of elections comes around – an integral part of the proper functioning of any democracy – because it is at these times that our beautiful garden always comes under the threat of very dangerous weeds.
Notwithstanding the fact that elections are not around the corner, of recent some very ugly and dangerous weeds have been flourishing in our garden.  A result of climate change? Certainly, our political climate. These dangerous weeds are threatening the very existence of our beautiful garden called Guyana.
It is no secret that the PNC since its formation has strived and continues to strive for the ethnic division of our people. The PNC through its racial politics has fractured this nation, the consequences of which we are still dealing with, although the PPP/C has made great progress at reconciling our people. Now the PNC’s APNU and its clone the AFC are channelling all their energies towards undoing all the progress this nation has made in healing the wounds of the PNC era.
It is, therefore, with great alarm, that of recent I have observed that APNU and the AFC have turned their attention to the Guyana Elections Commission and in particular its Chief Elections Officer, Mr. Gocool Boodoo. APNU and the AFC have been stirring up racial sentiments on the grounds that Mr.  Boodoo is not independent and is biased towards the PPP.
Now in every modern democracy, as in Guyana, there is an independent body that is responsible for the conduct of national elections. In Guyana that institution is called the Guyana Elections Commission. The importance of this institution can never be underestimated. Its independence is critical for the preservation of peace and stability. We all know from experience and history what happened to Guyana under the PNC when the Guyana Elections Commission was directed by Congress Place.
APNU and the AFC have launched a relentless and dirty campaign against Mr. Boodoo calling for his contract not to be renewed. Mr. Boodoo has presided over three general elections in Guyana, all observed by a number of reputable International Organisations, none of which has ever raised any doubt about integrity of the elections or that of the Chief Elections Officer.
The Opposition parties cannot produce any credible evidence to support their claim that Mr. Boodoo is not independent.
Mr. Boodoo has served his country with distinction. His integrity and reputation as an independent and competent public functionary remain untarnished. He has been man enough to accept mistakes when made. His role in maintaining the integrity, professionalism and independence of the Guyana Elections Commission, which is dominated by PNC supporters and sympathisers, is second to none and can never be undervalued. It is this independence and professionalism that has been the precursor of the successes of this nation and every successful Guyanese.
Anyone who knows about the checks and balances in place at GECOM in the calculation of the allocation of seats would know that it is impossible for Mr.  Boodoo’s genuine mistake to have gone unnoticed. I am also sure that the fact that both APNU and the AFC had been applying tremendous pressure on Mr. Boodoo to declare the results of the elections even before tabulation of the results was completed played no small role in him making the mistake for which they now want to hang him. How hypocritical!
I call on all Guyanese to raise their voices against this assault by the Opposition on the Chief Elections Officer. I am also calling on civil society, International Organisations and foreign missions to take note.
Sundar Nauth

 

 

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