President must Accept Recount Outcome

Jun 05, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

Thank you for the update on the recount (KN Jun 4). I applaud your reporting. The emerging trend is clear that the Coalition lost. The AFC and some pro-democracy individuals in APNU are resigned to the fact that the coalition has lost and are accepting the outcome. The President must follow suit.
The AFC has been quiet since the recount began a month ago telling friends “we lost”. APNU defenders of fraud, on the other hand, those opposed to the President conceding defeat, are shamelessly seeking nullification and demanding shared governance amidst threatening action. Threats won’t alter the result and must never be considered as a condition for shared governance.
Those who know they lost the vote, like AFCites, tend to behave honourably while others who know they were defeated behave like sore losers. The nation will remember those who claimed victory three months ago but accept defeat now. They respect democracy, completely opposite to their behaviour when Mingo rigged the vote count to create a victory for the Coalition. Since President Granger slapped down Basil Williams two weeks ago when the AG stated the Coalition won’t accept the outcome of the recount, he has been quiet. The President contradicted him saying he would accept the outcome of the recount as declared by GECOM Chair.
Lincoln Lewis, David Hinds, Volda Lawrence, Joe Harmon, Roysdale Forde, James Bond, Amna Ally, Jermaine Figueria, Nigel Williams, Henry Jeffrey, among a few others are still holding out hoping to reverse the tabulations of the recount through another intervention or to void the elections. The international community won’t accept anything less than a declaration of the outcome of the recount.
The defeat of the Coalition is inevitable from the recount. I voted for the Coalition and am accepting the outcome. The honourable thing for the APNU leadership is to join AFC and concede defeat.
The President seems willing to accept defeat as he stated two weeks ago when he stated he would accept the declaration of the GECOM Chair, but defenders of fraud who wish ill for the President don’t plan to concede easily. They lack morality. They are power drunk and self-serving using governance for self-enrichment. They fool supporters all along telling them they won. They are unwilling to accept reality. They now say they were cheated rather than gracefully accept defeat. The Chair must act impartially. She must elevate herself above fraudsters and conmen, conclude the count, and declare the winner.

Yours truly,
Shawn Simmons

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