Victory will be on the side of truth

Jun 23, 2020 Letters

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DEAR EDITOR,

The religion I subscribed to says, “be patient, persevere, and pray, for God is with those who patiently persevere.” From my readings and the videos that I watched on the internet, I noticed many of my fellow Guyanese brothers and sisters were very upset and furious with my brother, Nigel the Mathematician. Nigel came up with the mathematical confabulation that 34, not 33, must be had to represent the majority of 65. I want to thank him sincerely for his mathematical confabulation. I will state my reasons why I want thank Bro. Nigel many times over.
Because of Nigel’s Math, the APNU + AFC got the necessary fuel in their bellies to move the NCM (No Confidence Motion) that was passed in December of 2018 through the courts of Guyana which finally ended at the Caribbean Court of Justice. Not only the NCM was heard by the CCJ but the case involved the unilateral appointment of the chairman (James Patterson) of the GECOM. The Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that James Patterson was illegally appointed by David Granger.
After the CCJ ruling, Jagdeo got a chance to make his input in choosing a chairperson of GECOM. Jagdeo found Claudette Singh to be favourable and recommended her to Mr. Granger. Claudette Singh was appointed GECOM’s chairperson by Mr. Granger, without prejudice.
Imagine! If Mr. Granger had called elections within the three months after the NCM with his man, James Patterson, as the head of GECOM and did not pursue the court actions, the elections would be long finished with APNU+AFC back in Government, because the rigging machinery at GECOM would have been unhinged. Nigel’s mathematics made the difference, it energized Mr. Granger to flout Guyana’s constitution. He did not call election with the three months statutory time after the passage of the NCM. Mr. Granger opted for the courts which eventually birthed Claudette Singh as the head of GECOM. Mr. Granger overplayed his hand because of Bro. Nigel’s math. This is the work of God. Evilness cannot triumph over truth and justice.
Claudette Singh stopped the house-to-house registration which if it were allowed to be completed, large sections of the Guyanese population would have been disenfranchised, especially in the opposition’s strongholds. Claudette Singh allowed the recount of the elections after Mingo’s bingo. I am confident James Patterson as the head of GECOM would not have allowed a recount.
After the recount Mr. Lowenfield, the CEO of GECOM, was asked to tabulate the results and produce a report of the recount. Mr. Lowenfield submitted a correct tabulation but a distorted report to GECOM. The commissioners of GECOM met, the APNU+AFC commissioners moved a motion to annul the election because they claimed the elections, which was clandestinely ran by APNU+AFC had too many irregularities, dead voters and overseas Guyanese voted, none of which was proven. Claudette Singh along with the PPP commissioners concluded that the election must be officially declared and an election petition can be filed subsequently to address any election irregularity. Mr. Lowenfield was asked to produce a report by Thursday June 18, 2020 no later than 1:00 pm to pave the way for a formal declaration and swearing in of the PPP presidential candidate. Mr. Lowenfield never did. The matter is in court again.
I want to be clear I am not advocating for nor am I against Claudette Singh. I am just stating anecdotally what I read and saw on the Internet. I do not support any political party in Guyana but I support free and fair elections. Matter of fact, in 2015, I encouraged many of my relatives in Guyana to support the AFC but they told me AFC was old wine in new bottles; they refused to heed my call. In retrospect, I believe the AFC was the fraud of the century on the people of Guyana.
I am strongly lobbying my politicians in these United States to help my fellow Guyanese to enjoy what I never experienced in the country of my birth, free and fair elections. Again, I want to extend my sincere thanks to Bro. Nigel whether consciously or unconsciously, through his mathematical confabulation led Mr. Granger to drag the NCM through the courts which resulted with Claudette Singh as chairperson of GECOM. In my opinion, Claudette Singh as an unintended consequence of the NCM sided with truth and gave the party (PPP) that won the March 2020 election a fighting chance to get their presidential candidate sworn in as the president of Guyana.
I urge every Guyanese to be patient, persevere, and pray. Victory will be on the side of truth, not falsehood. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Habib, Z
New York

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