Latest update August 20th, 2026 10:20 AM
Jun 06, 2020 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
An astronomical amount of analysis have been performed over the fiasco of the March 02, Guyana elections so it would be superfluous for me to give further discourse, however, some deductions are worthwhile highlighting.
• The emerging recount numbers of the Region 4 ballot boxes are very instructive for accounts and book-keepers: falsified calculations will inevitably backfire!
• The ubiquitous target is the Returning Officer for Region 4, a person with sketchy concept of computer programmes to construct a spread sheet a week after being picked up by ambulance and rushed to hospital.
• The uncovered fake numbers therefore did not start, nor end with Clairmont Mingo: There was expert help in the concoction of the numbers as they had to incorporate the total number of votes cast per box as well as the overall figure to give the Coalition ‘victory’.
• The Coalition which has declared itself winner of the elections now claims the elections were tampered with.
• Why, after fourscore and ten days after elections the PNC is claiming names of deceased and migrated persons on the List of Electors? Should this not have been corrected during ‘Claims and Objections’?
• Why did a senior GECOM Secretariat functionary order Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Edgar Thomas to remove GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj from the Ashmin building oblivious that Gunraj has more constitutional power? Thomas correctly ignored the edict and has been demoted.
• Attorney Basil Williams claims that the law does not provide for a recount, but went on to state that this is his personal opinion and not of the Coalition.
• The Attorney General has expressed three: (1) the elections and current declarations are illegal, (2) the recount process is illegal and (3) the elections were not credible.
• Why do top PNC headhunters expound on the sovereignty of Guyana as the rationale for keeping the Carter Center out of the recount, stating ‘we do not need white people to meddle in our affairs’; yet in the same token hire a Washington firm to lobby the Coalition’s positions ?
• Why is Justice Claudette Singh writing to the police seeking evidence of electoral fraud regarding absentee (migrated) and deceased voting? Why is she not pursuing the evidence at her doorstep to summon the police to take action against the deliberate fraud committed by Clairmont Mingo?
It is clearly evident that the APNU/PNC is using the most imbecilious issues to declare the elections null and void. Clearly a case of dodging the raindrops as the recount will reveal that the PPP won. The big question is: will the Coalition accept this result or would the cabal be calling for fresh elections?
Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Aug 20, 2026
2026 Republic Bank CPL – GAW vs. SLK – Dindyal hits classy 50 Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Amazon Warriors continued to build a nice win streak as they gained additional form and momentum...Aug 20, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – For two decades, Dan Rather was the face of the CBS Evening News. During that extraordinary period, he acquired a reputation as one of the world’s foremost journalists and television news anchors. He reported from some of the most consequential events of the late...Aug 16, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...Aug 20, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – I used to look at the CCJ as a bridge over troubled waters. Up in the air now. When the expectation was that regional judicial heads would take a stand, they withered, faded, ultimately collapsed under the weight of their own reasoning, and...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: glennlall2000@gmail.com / kaieteurnews@yahoo.com