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PPP’s strategy to delay elections: Attack GECOM’s credibility and readiness
DEAR EDITOR,
Permit me to share my concerns on what looks like a concerted effort by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to delay elections in an effort to better prepare itself to win, manipulate results and/or create societal tension.
At recent party press conferences, the General Secretary Clement Rohee has made it clear that the PPP does not believe GECOM is prepared to manage national and local government elections. He highlighted a number of claims which are at best accusations without evidence. Some included the padding of the preliminary voters’ list, others included GECOM’s relationship with the political opposition and GECOM’s ability to sanitize the preliminary list.
These are all propaganda actions, more specifically, delaying tactics to provide opportunities for the PPP to withhold its signature to the preliminary voters’ list, a list that all political parties must sign after verification.
Let me remind readers that it was the PPP whose hand was caught in the cookie jar during the last national elections cycle. Your readers should be reminded of these events and made aware of the current tactics being employed by the PPP which indicate a number of things: (1) they are fully aware of the negative public opinion and sentiments about their tenure in Government; (2) they are also fully aware that the 2011 General Elections results was an indictment on them.
The latter was based on the continued corruption, nepotism, violence and an unwillingness of the PPP to support fundamental changes to our Constitution.
We now add to that the failure to ensure we have truly representative and participatory Cabinet and Government, a financially independent judiciary, a financially independent Parliament, a financially independent Public Procurement Commission, full installation of IFMAS modules and the need for a complete overhaul of the Guyana Police Force.
In other words, the writing is on the wall for the PPP Government, and from all indications they are willing to do anything to hold on to power, even if it means putting 1500 new police ranks on the road to further repress and provoke the citizenry.
I urge my fellow Guyanese to be vigilant and not get pulled into the PPP Government’s trap. The change we seek starts with each of us individually.
Mike Archer
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