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… Want a life sentence for election riggers
A Government led by Dr Irfaan Ali holds true to its promise to ensure that Guyana has free and fair elections given the efforts of the A Partnership for National Unity / Alliance for Change (APNU / AFC) agents to General rigging March 2, 2020 and Regional Elections.

In this regard, the Attorney General’s Chambers has begun the foundation for strengthening the country’s electoral system, which will close major gaps in the process.
This was recently revealed by Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall during an interview on Kaieteur Radio. According to the Attorney General, a small unit has already been established within the drafting department to gather the necessary pieces of legislation for review.

“The world called on us, Guyana called on us and we promised, when we arrived in Government, that we would make broad reforms at the level of legislation to ensure that, as far as possible, we bridge the gaps, close ‘ the loopholes, strengthen the weaknesses, which the abusers exploited and almost succeeded in stealing the Government, ”the AG said during the radio broadcast.
The Government will seek changes including the establishment of Voting Statements (SoP) as the sole basis for tabulating results, instead of spreadsheets. The Ministry also wants SoPs to be posted online by the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) and contest political parties within 24 hours of receipt.
Life sentence

The Attorney General pointed out that there are very few violations of Guyana’s laws that speak to election officials and their role in trying to rig the elections. “The law in its current form offends the elector. So if you try to vote twice you will be committing a crime. If you try to impersonate another person you are committing a crime. ”
However, according to Nandlall, there is no bilateral list of violations involving election officials. “And the election officials are the crazy ones, not the electorate,” he underlined.
Against this background, he said that the Government will ensure that crimes are created for life imprisonment, election officials who seek to jeopardize the electoral machinery and process at any stage and that the higher the office in office, the greater the penalty to be imposed on.
“So, that is a fundamental cornerstone of our agenda in Government. We know that because of our history, because of our performance, because of our competence, we will not lose free and fair elections in Guyana. It is in our interests to defend this democracy. And we know other political parties, because of their history, because of their inability, because of their corruption; they can only gain by deception. We need to strengthen our system to make sure the fraud doesn’t work, ”he asserted.
