The South American nation of Guyana is once again going to an international court to determine its political and economic fate. Following the March 2, 2020 election, a lengthy recount process was ordered to determine the winner of the election. That recount has ended and has resulted in two categories of winning votes.
One category consists of total votes counted while the other consists of total valid votes counted. Both of these categories of votes were validated and certified by the Guyana Election Commission and the only question that remained following the recount was which of the two categories of votes will be used to determine the winning political party. The decision depends on which scale is applied to measure the outcome of this all-too-important election for the people of Guyana.
The scale of integrity and trust will lead one to conclude that the political party with the most valid votes is declared the winner. The scale of falsity and doubt will lead one to conclude that the political party with the most votes, valid and invalid is declared the winner. The reason for there being a category of total votes consisting of valid and invalid votes is that the recount allowed for a higher degree of integrity check of all votes to be implemented.
As the Guyanese people patiently let the process run its course, foreign entities such as four United State Senators who are members of the United States Foreign Relations Committee have prematurely concluded that the coalition party lost the election and should transfer power to the opposition party. This premature conclusion by the four United State Senators seems to claim that the Coalition Party is engaging in election fraud without presenting any supporting evidence. Such rash judgment and claim by these Senators seems like an attempt to influence the outcome of the Caribbean Court of Justice pending rule on an appeal, filed by two members of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic. These Senators should present evidence to support their claim of fraud in the Guyana election or take a lesson in diplomacy from members of the United States House of Representative Committee on Foreign Affairs and await the ruling by CCJ and not interfere in the affairs of Guyana.
The Guyanese people and the world wait to see by which scale the future leadership of Guyana will be determined, integrity and trust or falsity and doubt.
