PPP calls on GECOM Chairman to reject Nagamootoo’s directives on recount

See below a full statement issued by the Opposition People’s Progressive Party:

The PPP wishes to condemn in the strongest possible terms both the content and the method of Moses Nagamootoo’s response to the Chairperson of GECOM’s request for guidance in relation to the recount of the ballots cast at the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.

It will be recalled in our recent letter to the Chairperson of GECOM, we pointed out that Nagamootoo is part of the rigging cabal and has a vested interest in frustrating the recount process. He proved us right. His response is utterly ridiculous.

The direction that the exercise should end at 5:00PM daily, is simply nonsensical. Tens of thousands of persons throughout the country are permitted to work after 6:00PM. This recount is arguably the most important exercise in this country and therefore, its speedy conclusion must be accorded every  priority. There is simply no sensible reason why the exercise should not proceed beyond 5:00PM daily.

As regards persons coming into the country for the exercise, Nagamootoo’s recommendation that they must be quarantined for two weeks, is even more preposterous. Once tested negative for COVID-19, there is absolutely no need for quarantine.

That Nagamootoo chose a column through which he makes weekly outpourings of political propaganda, to respond the Chairperson of Gecom, only compounds the problem.

We call upon the Chairperson of GECOM to reject these outrageous directives by Nagamootoo and to proceed to make arrangements for the recount to be done speedily.

People’s Progressive Party

April 19, 2020.