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AFC lists are fit and proppa
Dear Editor,
As someone who has been an Alliance for Change supporter since 2006, there are aspects of a letter written by Raj Lakram, NDC Councillor for Number 52/74, published in the Kaieteur News on October 2, 2018, which warrants a response.
First off, Lakram claimed that his list of backers was ‘clean’ and that it had no ‘fake’, ‘dead’, or ‘tricked’ persons. He then accused the AFC of resorting to deceit and fraud. To support his claim, Lakram alleged that in the 51/Good Hope area, “eighteen persons never signed the AFC’s list, nine persons lived abroad, one woman is dead and one could not read and write but yet signed the list”.
Editor if what APNU candidate Raj Lakram is claiming is true then I ask your readers; is this not a case of ‘pot telling kettle he bottom black’? There are numerous reports in the public domain of persons claiming that they were tricked into signing APNU backers’ forms. One such report says that 39 persons were fooled by an APNU activist in Corriverton who pretended to be an employee of GECOM.
These persons alleged that they were told that by signing they were merely verifying that their names are present on GECOM’s list of electors.
The AFC has always enjoyed widespread support across Guyana and therefore has no need to resort to trickery or fraud. If anything, Lakram should look closer to home, as it is public knowledge, which party’s history is tainted by trickery and electoral fraud in Guyana.
The goodly Councillor should get his facts straight as our lists are ‘fit and proppa’.
Sincerely yours
Annalise Humphrey
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