This article was Published on the May 26, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear\nEditor,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\nrefer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger\u2019s\ncharacter and good name is in question he has only himself to blame\u2019) in the\nStabroek News. Mr. Nascimento is unarguably the most capable media\/public\nrelations individual in Guyana and has been so for decades. Indeed, if age has\ndone anything to him, it is that it has made him more formidable and fearsome.\nOne takes him on at their peril. I was not at all surprised therefore, at the\nrobustness of his response to the demand by the Ministry of the Presidency\nseeking an apology for the contents of the letter. They got more, much more\nthan they had bargained for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Historian\nDavid Granger would have been well aware of some of the famous clashes\nNascimento has had with previous presidents. Granger knows too the words \u201cwho\ncan libel Burnham\u201d in the Dayclean of the WPA we all used to admire and\nrespect. Granger would therefore be well advised not to take the bait and try\nto sue Nascimento. He would regret it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like\nmany of us who have lived through or migrated from Guyana to escape the\nterrifying years of Burnham, Rabbi Washington and the House of Israel, the\nunbroken sequence of rigged elections, a destroyed economy, food shortages and\nincompetence on a grand scale, Nascimento is clearly determined that his vote\nmust be counted and fears the return to those dark days. This is theft from him\nof a basic human right and Granger\u2019s conduct makes him an integral part of that\nscheme. Nascimento was an observer at the March 2 elections and witnessed\nfirst-hand how Mingo and Volda Lawrence put their signatures to a fraudulent\ndocument which Keith Lowenfield accepted and elevated and to which David\nGranger, Vincent Alexander and Joseph Harmon, all men of integrity, honesty and\ndecency, shut their ears, eyes and mouths and I suppose, their conscience.\nInstead, this group wants Granger to be declared by Claudette Singh as\nPresident on a fraud. Having said that however, I wish to take\nissue with Nascimento on a small but in my view highly significant statement in\nhis letter, to wit \u201cMs. Singh does not necessarily have to recognise the\nrecount\u2026\u201c In this regard, I respectfully refer Mr. Nascimento to the Aide\nMemoire signed by Granger, Jagdeo and the CARICOM Secretary General. More for\nthe benefit of readers than for Mr. Nascimento, here are the three operative\npoints set out in that document:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022\n\u201cThat a total recount of all ballots from all electoral districts in Regions 1\nto 10 would take place urgently (emphasis theirs) in accordance with the\nConstitution, the applicable law and the judgement of the court issued by\nRoxane George Chief Justice (ag.) on Wednesday 11th of March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022\n\u201cThat the high-level team would supervise the recount under the auspices of\nGECOM and would not engage themselves in the actual counting of ballots. Their\npresence is to ensure that the recount is done in a free, fair, transparent and\ncredible manner\u201d; and critically<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022\n\u201cTo abide by the outcome of a fair and transparent process for the recount.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clearly\nbullet point three binds Claudette Singh and GECOM to a declaration based\nsolely on the recount. Granger and Claudette Singh cannot be so incapable as to\nnot understand plain English. The Aide Memoire is not just a piece of paper to\nbe ignored at will. It has democratic, constitutional and international law\nimplications. Granger is infamous for double and multiple speak and for serial\nviolations of the country\u2019s Constitution and other laws. This is not a circus\nto amuse and deceive Guyanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Any\nattempt by Claudette Singh to violate the Constitution, the applicable law and\nthe judgment of the court issued by Roxane George Chief Justice (ag.) on\nWednesday 11th of March 2020, and by Granger to circumvent this Aide Memoire\nwould have consequences far more grave than their reputations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yours faithfully,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christopher Ram<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article was Published on the May 26, 2020 Dear Editor, I refer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger\u2019s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame\u2019) in the Stabroek News. Mr. Nascimento is unarguably the most capable media\/public relations individual in Guyana … <\/p>\n