Come August 5, 2020, chairperson of GECOM Justice Claudette Singh is expected to appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. This is after three private criminal charges have been filed against her. The charges are all Misconduct in Public Office.
The first charge stated that Claudette Singh, being appointed and performing duties of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, at Lot 41 High and Cowan Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, between March 14, 2020, and June 23, 2020, acted recklessly and unlawfully when she refused to accept the CEO’s report on the March 2 Regional and General Elections 2020.
It further alleged that Claudette Singh, being appointed and performing duties of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Lot 41 High, and Cowan Street-
Kingston, Georgetown, acted recklessly and unlawfully between May 29,2020, and June 23, 2020, when she breached the recount Order gazetted in the Official Gazette on May 4, 2020, and an Amended Recount Order on May 29, 2020.
The last charge stated that Claudette Singh, being appointed and performing duties of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Lot 41 High, and Cowan Street-
Kingston, Georgetown, acted recklessly and unlawfully between May 29 and June 23, 2020, when she breached the recount Order gazetted in the Official Gazette on May 4, 2020, and an Amended Recount Order on May 29, 2020.
These charges were filed less than a week after Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield was slapped with three private criminal fraud charges and was released on $450,000 by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty.
The charges were filed on June 30, 2020, by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) member Desmond Morian and member of The New Movement, Daniel Josh Kanhai.
