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Opposition launches counter-offensive ahead of 2020 polls

…it is clear to me they are planning to rig the elections – Jagdeo

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) believes the President’s unilateral action in appointing retired Justice James Patterson as head of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is but the first shot in a pathway to a rigged 2020 elections.
As such, the Party has moved to set-up an internal group meant to combat any rigging attempts by the David Granger-led Administration, including the early training of its polling agents among other measures.

The countermeasures were announced on Wednesday by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo who was at the time speaking at a media conference at his Church Street Office in Georgetown.
Jagdeo was adamant that the fight for free and fair elections was not one for the PPP but for all Guyanese.

The Opposition Leader told media operatives that in light of what transpired over the appointment of the GECOM Chairman, the Party now has a healthy distrust for the list of voters.

“This is not about who wins the election,” the Opposition Leader told media operatives, as he disclosed that among the outreaches, the Party will also be reaching out to the United States of America, Britain and Canada.

According to Jagdeo, the PPP currently harbours concerns about the database at GECOM over what happens in this period.”
The Opposition Leader in pointing to his party’s belief that Government is setting the stage for a rigged 2020 elections, pointed too to fears over the potential tampering of birth certificates at the Ministry of Citizenship headed by Minister Winston Felix.

“We are training our polling agents already,” he disclosed as the party prepares to ensure that votes cannot be stolen at the level of the polling place.
Speaking to media operatives on the matter, the former President used the occasion to point out the furor that has been sparked across the country by civil society organisations, the Private Sector, religious leaders and individuals to speak out against the appointment.

Jagdeo insists the matter flies in the face of the rule of law and said the only persons in support of the President is the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and its apologists.

He was adamant about the President’s departure from the 25-year-old precedent accepted by both the PNC and PPP in the form of the Carter Formula.

According to Jagdeo, the President’s actions have “grave implications for our future and for the well-being of the country.”
“This seems to be the first shot on a path that would lead to rigged elections… that this is just the precursor of many other similar undemocratic acts that will follow that will lead to a denial of free and fair elections in Guyana,” Jagdeo told journalists on Wednesday.

He reminded that “this fear is justified given the documented history of the rigging of elections by the PNC”.
Jagdeo used the occasion to also react to those that have been calling for the Opposition to drop the matter and move on, reminding that the action of the President is, in fact, a violation of the Constitution.Speaking to the matter of constitutional reform, Jagdeo told those in attendance at his Church Street Office, that the PPP was looking for compliance with the constitutional provisions.

Turning his attention to the perceived disdain with which the President views the Chief Justice’s ruling, Jagdeo pointed to Granger’s reported assertions that he did not have to provide reasons for the refusal of any of the 18 names provided since it was unenforceable.

According to the Opposition Leader, the pronouncement by the Chief Justice was not a statement – as it was referred to by the President – but rather a court ruling that has to be complied with.

He was quick to point out also that while the President may be immune from personal prosecution, his decisions can be challenged in court.
The Opposition Leader also used the occasion to expand on his party’s decision to adopt a campaign of non-cooperation with Government but clarified that elected and constitutional positions will not be shirked.

According to the Opposition Leader, the Party is looking to be guided by three core principles in this regard. “Where ever we have to perform statutory function by virtue of being elected by the people, or function required by the Constitution and by law the Party will participate,” he declared.

Jagdeo said too that the PPP will remain engaged in activities where it can be afforded the opportunity to expose the wrongdoings and corruption on the part of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change Administration.
He reported too that the Party has since taken a position on its participation in the National Assembly. According to Jagdeo, “We will go to Parliament,” as well as to continue to field its GECOM Commissioners.

Jagdeo explained the position saying, “our fear is they could very well take decision that in our absence will be inimical….it is clear to me they are planning to rig the elections and we are not going to disappear because that is their intention… We are not going to cringe up and go into a corner… and we are not going to get away from the country and hand it over to them.”
According to Jagdeo, “we will participate in bodies where we can advocate for the benefit of the people and we can defend their interests.”

He was adamant, however, that the Party will not be participating in any Government related activities that are on the periphery of its core focus.
The Opposition Leader told media operatives that as the PPP ‘ups the ante,’ the President will be met with protest action in each of the regions he will travel to.

According to Jagdeo, President Granger will be “faced with protest action exposing the illegalities he committed.”
Jagdeo said he is convinced that the President “and the others knew that he was acting unconstitutionally and against the Chief Justice’s ruling and that is why they hurried in the late hours of the night and swore in Patterson.”

The Opposition Leader is adamant that the action on the part of the Administration to swear in Patterson at 20:30h was in order to prevent the Opposition approaching the court to halt the entire affair.

Jagdeo will, on Friday, lead a delegation to Berbice where the Party intends to continue with its sensitisation campaign following the unilateral appointment of Justice (rtd) Patterson – in the process rejecting a total of 18 nominees submitted by the Leader of the Opposition.

He this past weekend, fielded a delegation to Region One (Barima-Waini) as part of the Party’s reaction to the GECOM fallout.

http://guyanatimesgy.com/oppos...ahead-of-2020-polls/

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Jagdeo needs to stay on course and reach out to his supporters. PPP may stand a chance if they reach out to ABC countries and promise them to govern better than they were, and promise not to heckle them on the oil deal. Call on the diaspora to put pressure on Granger. Granger is always two steps ahead of him. Cussing is breeze to Granger's ears. Like I said before, you have to fight fire with fire to take on Granger. 

FM
Nehru posted:

Why do the Guyanese Govt has to pleas the Yankees and Limey Bastards??????????????

Washington, DC is running Guyana. They decide who rules Guyana and when. Jagdeo can fight and cuss till God come down, he can't win again until he pleases them. I get deep inside information than most here. 

FM
Nehru posted:

NOw that an Orange Orangutan ruling America, you want Guyana to bend over???

The American government is not necessarily Donald Trump. He is just a rubber stamp. There are very powerful Govt agencies that Trump doesn't know the two end or the middle of them. They can take him out tomorrow if they wanted to. He doesn't even know how these agencies are funded because they are not part of the fiscal budget, but they work for the U.S. government. Before Trump became President, he has sworn to uphold the constitution. Do you think he reads the entire constitution before she says I do?  

FM
Prince posted:
Nehru posted:

Why do the Guyanese Govt has to pleas the Yankees and Limey Bastards??????????????

Washington, DC is running Guyana. They decide who rules Guyana and when. Jagdeo can fight and cuss till God come down, he can't win again until he pleases them. I get deep inside information than most here. 

Nah worry. Trump don't like black people.

FM
Nehru posted:

Sweet Guyana is NOT for SALE under a PPP Govt!!!!!  Dat is for the PNC and the Namakaram crabdaag!!!!

PNC is not only selling Guyana, they are helping America to rape her like a HO.  

FM
Prince posted:

Jagdeo needs to stay on course and reach out to his supporters. 

Jagdeo can fool himself that his "coolie people party" can rule Guyana based on its support base.

He is WRONG.

Now what is Jagdeo planning to do.  Create further division between PPP dominated areas and other areas. NO evidence that he is attempting to forge a unified reaction to the fact that the constitution is flawed and that it needs to be changed BEFORE the next elections.

You see Jagdeo cannot think outside of the prism of the Indian vote!  He then terrifies the Amerindian about blacks. He is then good to go.

FM
Prince posted:
Nehru posted:

Sweet Guyana is NOT for SALE under a PPP Govt!!!!!  Dat is for the PNC and the Namakaram crabdaag!!!!

PNC is not only selling Guyana, they are helping America to rape her like a HO.  

The Exxon contract is the same one that Jagdeo negotiated, but I bet he was a TRUE PATRIOT then!.

FM
caribny posted:
Prince posted:

Jagdeo needs to stay on course and reach out to his supporters. 

Jagdeo can fool himself that his "coolie people party" can rule Guyana based on its support base.

He is WRONG.

Now what is Jagdeo planning to do.  Create further division between PPP dominated areas and other areas. NO evidence that he is attempting to forge a unified reaction to the fact that the constitution is flawed and that it needs to be changed BEFORE the next elections.

You see Jagdeo cannot think outside of the prism of the Indian vote!  He then terrifies the Amerindian about blacks. He is then good to go.

I agree with you on some things but not on everything. Jagdeo should try harder when the odds are against him. What he has laid out to do as countermeasures to Granger and the PNC way of governing are of great importance to the PPP and its supporters. Even if he stands 1% of winning, it worth his effort. Your argument is to set a tone that you were right all along about the PNC, and so you have said, but not how it was written. You are no fortune teller. If I was Jagdeo, I would use lethal force to get things done. I would train every cane cutter to be freedom fighters. I would organize 1000 men on the street with cutlasses. But this is Jaggy, the soft-boy who the PNC could ride over and over. Let them do what they have to do. PPP is not dead. Not by PNC. Not by ABC.

FM
Prince posted:
caribny posted:
Prince posted:

Jagdeo needs to stay on course and reach out to his supporters. 

Jagdeo can fool himself that his "coolie people party" can rule Guyana based on its support base.

He is WRONG.

Now what is Jagdeo planning to do.  Create further division between PPP dominated areas and other areas. NO evidence that he is attempting to forge a unified reaction to the fact that the constitution is flawed and that it needs to be changed BEFORE the next elections.

You see Jagdeo cannot think outside of the prism of the Indian vote!  He then terrifies the Amerindian about blacks. He is then good to go.

I agree with you on some things but not on everything. Jagdeo should try harder when the odds are against him. What he has laid out to do as countermeasures to Granger and the PNC way of governing are of great importance to the PPP and its supporters. Even if he stands 1% of winning, it worth his effort. Your argument is to set a tone that you were right all along about the PNC, and so you have said, but not how it was written. You are no fortune teller. If I was Jagdeo, I would use lethal force to get things done. I would train every cane cutter to be freedom fighters. I would organize 1000 men on the street with cutlasses. But this is Jaggy, the soft-boy who the PNC could ride over and over. Let them do what they have to do. PPP is not dead. Not by PNC. Not by ABC.

you is a mad man bring a cutlass to a gun fight 

FM

Jagdeo days are not over. The PNC is trying hard to get him out of the picture since he stand as the biggest threat to them. However, the fear of him running again depend on how the CCJ rules. It would be nice to see a new and fresh face representing the PPP. 

FM

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