The private criminal charges filed against the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM), Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield were today withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
This is according to Lowenfield’s attorney, Nigel Hughes.
The three private criminal charges were filed against Lowenfield by The New Movement (TNM) candidate Daniel Kanhai and People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) candidate Desmond Morian.
The first charge stated that Lowenfield, between Match 5, 2020 and June 29,2020, while performing his duty as the Chief Elections Officer, without lawful excuse or justification, willfully misconducted himself at Georgetown, by ascertaining results of March 2, 2020, General and Regional elections of Guyana knowing the said results to be false.
The said willful misconduct amounting to a breach of the public’s trust in the office of the Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
It was further alleged that between March 5, 2020, and June 23, 2020, at Georgetown, he conspired with person (s) unknown to commit the common law offence of fraud, to wit, by presenting to GECOM, tables attached to his Election Report dated June 23, 2020, accurately reflected the true results of the said election, in order to materially alter the results of the said election, with intent to defraud, knowing the said tabulation to be false.
The last charge stated that between the 5th day of March and 23rd day of June 2020, at Georgetown, in the Georgetown Magisterial District, he conspired with person(s) unknown to commit the common law offence of fraud, to wit, by representing to the Guyana Elections Commission, that tables attached to his Election Report dated 23rd June 2020, accurately reflected the true results of the said election, in order to materially alter the results of the said election, with intent to defraud, knowing the said tabulation to be false.
