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“We will fight tooth and nail to ensure we are not cheated” – Jagdeo
The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) will fight ‘tooth and nail’ to ensure it is
Bharrat Jagdeo with PPP/C political candidate Pauline Sukhai
not ‘cheated’.
This was the assertion of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who at a press conference at Freedom House, last evening, brought a sheet purporting to show the differences between his party’s statements of poll (SOPs) and those of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
The sheet purported to show several SOPs given to the political parties with a specific number of votes, while GECOM’s SOPs had been altered to increase votes for A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC).
Though the sheet only purported to display seven such instances, Jagdeo was adamant that there were many more such cases.
“Many of the SOPs are fake. They do not match the SOPs given to the parties on election night” he said.
“There has been a systematic plot to change results in GECOM itself and tabulate it in APNU’s favor.”
Stating that these questions need to be answered, rather than brushed under the carpet, he called on the chairman of GECOM Dr. Steve Surujbally to provide the answers in a serious manner.
However, Jagdeo also declared that he was not leaving anything to chance that GECOM would carry out the investigations, which was why he had chosen to highlight it to the media.
Alleging that GECOM had succumbed to pressure from APNU+AFC “threatening violence” if the results were not released, he reiterated that his party would not roll over and accept the results.
“We will ensure that we explore every avenue and pursue all the remedies we have.”
Asked to elaborate further on what forms those remedies would take, he reiterated his earlier position, adding that his party had no intention of changing results through “hanky panky” methods.
Jagdeo also repeated PPP/C’s Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar’s charge of corrupted presiding officers, stating that some of the presiding officers were known activists in APNU+AFC rallies.
Jagdeo also lashed out at international observers, who have declared that the electoral process was free and fair, with no irregularities that could change the final result.
“The credibility of the international community is at stake, if they could declare an election that utilized fake SOPs as free and fair,” the former head of state declared.
In response to rumours that he had left the country, Jagdeo declared, “I am here and I’m not going anywhere. This is my country.”
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