Attempts were made to swear in Granger

Aug 13, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

In seeking to explain Mr. David Granger’s behaviour during the five months period to rig the elections, Mr. Freddie Kissoon (Aug. 10) suggests that Granger was under threat by subordinates causing him to close his eyes to the rigging attempt. This may be so as one now looks at internecine factional conflict within the party. There were some squabbles and Granger was advised by authoritarian figures to take actions to remain in office. But based on information available in public from credible confidential sources during the five months, it seemed that Granger’s life did not appear to be under any threat, and he seemed to be in charge.
As I gathered from the ground situation and other sources, attempts were made by agents at GECOM to fraudulently swear in Granger. The rigging process was nearly complete on multiple occasions. But the attempts were too crude and Burnham-like. Granger would have wanted a more polished process that he can defend as being a legitimate President. From what I was told by very close friends high up in the PNC, Granger was unwilling to swear-in to the presidency unless a declared victory is legitimised at GECOM. He would have wanted to make the entire process right so as not to be ostracised for becoming president through fraud. Granger could not embrace rigged results as that would compromise his standing among CARICOM leaders. He kept stressing that he would accept a GECOM declaration, meaning that of the Chair.
Within the party, there were individuals who were more amenable to Burnham-style rigging using brute force and bold measures; Burnham did not care what CARICOM colleagues thought of him as a rigger. Others wanted the rigging done in a polished way that can be defended. Granger did not publicly oppose rigging. Granger was called a sanctimonious gangster, a well thought-out title, by St. Vincent Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.
What is known is that democratic activists tracked and exposed the rigging, preventing elements at GECOM from foisting bogus results on the population that would have led to a swearing-in of Granger. The continuous leakage of information from the PNC camp and those at GECOM conspiring to engage in fraud saved the day. Opponents of fraud galvanised into action to expose the rigging, making it difficult to accept the fraudulent Mingo-like or Lowenfield-like results. The PPP ought to be grateful to those who intervened to expose and prevent the rigging. Many of these figures have been snubbed, alienated, and marginalised; inevitably, they have nothing positive to say about PPP for bypassing them in favour of corrupt opportunists.

Yours truly,
Calvin Braithwaite

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