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PPP calls on law enforcement to safeguard integrity of election process – condemns torching of homes, vehicles in Sophia

 

THE People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has forthrightly condemned the willful torching of two buildings and two vehicles in Sophia by a mob who openly voiced their allegiance to the Opposition. One of the buildings and the vehicles belong to a supporter of the PPP.

Information reaching the party’s Freedom House headquarters indicate that earlier in the day the PPP supporter was wrongfully accused of electoral infractions by members of the mob.

It was also reported that following the accusations earlier in the day, a senior member of the Opposition alliance visited the area and eventually noted that nothing illegal had transpired.

“It therefore now becomes worrying that a mob, with its loyalty to the coalition, would resort to such violence putting many lives at risk. Such incidents must be condemned by all,” Party said in a statement issued around 11 pm (23:00 hrs).

According to the PPP, Guyana’s electoral history is replete with these incidents which must be laid squarely at the doorstep of the Opposition. In this regard, the PPP calls on the Leader of the APNU-AFC alliance, Rt. Brig. David Granger, and its Prime Ministerial Candidate, Moses Nagamootoo, to condemn these acts of violence and to have their supporters cease their actions. “These violent acts are against the tenets of democracy and create unwanted instability in our country,” the PPP charged.

“As the polls closed earlier, the PPP would like to note how pleased it is with the turnout of its supporters. Our Party takes this opportunity to express its gratitude to the many thousands who came out and stood for long periods to exercise their democratic right to cast a vote. Their patience is testimony to their belief in a progressive Guyana and to sustain the strides made under the PPP government,” the incumbent party stated.

“While our Party is please in this regard, it must note its disappointment at the unprofessional discharge of duties by some GECOM staff in some areas up to this point. This is totally unacceptable and those officers who chose not to operate in a professional manner must be condemned and must answer for their transgression,” the PPP declared.
The party said it recognises that while some operated in an unacceptable manner, many other GECOM staff performed admirably and must be commended for their professional discharge of duties.

Now that the counting phase is underway, the PPP is extremely concern over the many reports received of aggressive behavior by Opposition elements who have surrounded some polling stations. We believe that this is a calculated attempt by the Opposition to intimidate our election agents in an effort to compromise the counting process. Our Party calls on GECOM and the law enforcement agencies to act accordingly to protect the integrity of these elections and to ensure the safety of those involved.

The PPP calls on its supporters to remain calm but remain vigilant to safeguard the process.
Additionally, our Party will continue to follow up with GECOM concerns it raised earlier. Among those are reported cases of duplicate voting, a deliberate slow pace of the voting process by some election day staff, voting by imposters and the intimidation of voters in some areas.

As our country awaits the results of these elections, we urge and reiterate that all involved must act in a responsible manner so that in the end, democracy in Guyana will prevail. We demand that the international observers must remain vigilant as the process is far from completion.

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This is the new Guyana we were promised.

 

A coolie man's life and property is still not secure. Well, I think Guyanese Indians made the right choice today. As difficult as it was to vote PPP today that is.

FM
Originally Posted by Shaitaan:

This is the new Guyana we were promised.

 

A coolie man's life and property is still not secure. Well, I think Guyanese Indians made the right choice today. As difficult as it was to vote PPP today that is.

Listen you are screaming that you won the election.

 

Well this is the Guyana you will get. Yes REAL Guyanese who are Guyanese first and foremost.  Unlike some who scream Indian first, and then MAYBE Guyanese.

 

So now black people are convinced that the ballot cannot be their salvation and that most Indians are their enemy.

 

Go for it Shaitaan.  Yes let that same "PNC" GDF and GPF shoot down black people.

 

Then  you will have the gall to scream that blacks control Guyana. 

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by Cobra:

Old habits are hard to break.

Especially when they pay taxes to build Marriott's and failed sugar factories, but  the  government don't treat them as equal citizens.

Tola
Originally Posted by Tola:
Originally Posted by Cobra:

Old habits are hard to break.

Especially when they pay taxes to build Marriott's and failed sugar factories, but  the  government don't treat them as equal citizens.

 

We pay taxes in North America too. Does that give us a right to burn and loot ?

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
. Does that give us a right to burn and loot ?

Yuji pretend that you aren't a black hating racist.'

 

Blacks have been oppressed by the PPP for 22 years and their votes show this so dnt chat crap and deny this fact.

 

So what do you suggest that they do to stop feeling like aliens in a country run by people who scream that their race as Indians matters more than their nationality as Guyanese.  When Moses said otherwise they waged a WHOLE campaign against him.

 

It is very odd for a party which wants the right to rule a multi ethnic country to call itself a "coolie party".  And to build its appeal on a lie that Moses said that he isn't an Indian.  Now why should his ethnic identity matter unless it is that the PPP was hostile to blacks?

 

Now prove that you aren't a racist by trying to see this through the eyes of a black Guyanese who now has to be ruled by a party whose plank was based on their ethnic identity. And who had NOTHING to say to blacks about the fact that they feel excluded, and this fear was reinforced by the blatantly racist appeals of Jagdeo!

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
Originally Posted by Tola:
Originally Posted by Cobra:

Old habits are hard to break.

Especially when they pay taxes to build Marriott's and failed sugar factories, but  the  government don't treat them as equal citizens.

 

We pay taxes in North America too. Does that give us a right to burn and loot ?

Guyana  has  a huge racial and inequality problem, that seems to devour the entire country. 

In NA, there are systems in place  to deal with the isolated racial incidents, what has Guyana got ?

Tola

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