The Guyanese colloquialism, “You cyan want cake and bake,” was brought to the fore when former Member of Parliament, Charles Ramson spoke about the hypocrisy evident in the prevailing mantra of the APNU/AFC.
Ramson, via a Facebook post, said that the leaders of APNU/AFC need to pick a side. It is either the coalition wants to fight against fraud, or it wants to support the numbers declared by region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo. Both cannot be supported.
Ramson said he laughed when he read the coalition’s statement that it “resolved that fraudulent votes, (sic) cannot be factored in to represent the will of the electorate.”
He said that the APNU/AFC’s purported interest in non-fraudulent votes would be believable if it was not busy seeking to have David Granger sworn in on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration.
Ramson contends, “The recount revealed one proven fraud in the March 2nd, 2020 General and Regional election and that was that Clairmont Mingo made a declaration for region 4 of over 15,000 votes which did not exist in the ballot boxes.” He said that to this day, no one from the APNU/AFC proffered an explanation for that fraudulent 15,000+ non-existent vote declaration. “In fact, the APNU-AFC has never even acknowledged this proven fraud.”
The attorney at law noted that APNU/AFC’s “shameless pursuit” for David Granger to be sworn in on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration took multiple avenues.
He recalled that the Ulita Moore case was premised upon obtaining Court Orders compelling the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to make a declaration on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration.
Further, Ramson recalled that APNU-AFC sought, on multiple occasions, through their commissioners (Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin, and Desmond Trotman) to have GECOM make a declaration on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration.
The PPP national candidate noted the most recent case filed by the APNU/AFC in the name of Misenga Jones who worked on behalf of the APNU/AFC in the recount also seeks a Court Order compelling GECOM to make a declaration on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration.
Ramson said that if the APNU/AFC resolution that “fraudulent votes cannot be factored in to represent the will of the electorate” were to be believed, the coalition would have to back up its stance with actions.
He said that the coalition should first release its Statements of Poll, acknowledge Mingo’s fraudulent declaration, withdraw its case seeking to be sworn in on Mingo’s fraudulent declaration and, file an election petition after the declaration is made by GECOM as the Constitution prescribes.
Ramson affirmed that “until then, no one will believe their resolution and quite frankly no one cares.”
