General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said Nigel Hughes is utilising his position as leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) to shield his fellow party members involved in their attempt to derail the 2020 General and Regional Elections.
“It’s a dishonest policy of the AFC (Alliance for Change) to go around pretending that they are decent. They are riggers just like the PNC (People National Congress).
“‘If you can’t find it in your heart to come clean with the Guyanese public now. How can you advocate decency?” Dr Jagdeo said at his weekly press conference.
Jagdeo’s statements came days after Hughes distanced himself from questions about the Statements of Poll (SOPs) that would purportedly show that the APNU+ AFC coalition won the 2020 General and Regional Elections
As the lawyer defending some of the accused persons, Hughes may have already seen the SOPs. He, however, implied if that was the case, he would not be obligated to disclose information as part of attorney/ client privileges.
Despite this, Dr Jagdeo raised concerns that Hughes has refused to offer an apology.
“He (Hughes) couldn’t find a single thing to apologise for. He wants specifics as to what to apologise for. We can find hundreds of things for which they should apologise for but the key thing is their role in stealing the election.
“If he doesn’t see this …as unconstitutional or behaviours to condemn then he is not fit to lead a political party,” Dr Jagdeo said.
The General Secretary, who is also Guyana’s Vice President, said Hughes shows up surrounded by his party members including his wife, Cathy Hughes, and Khemraj Ramrattan at press conferences, evidentially shielding them.
“They fabricated a bunch of lies to support the stealing of the elections.
“They spoke about dead people voting…they had a list of people that they claimed that left the country and others impersonated them at polling places that they can’t verify.
“That is why today he finds it very hard to answer the question of whether they stole the SOPs or not,” Dr Jagdeo said.
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) released their SoPs days after the March 02, 2020 elections which showed a victory for Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C.
A recount of the votes several weeks later also confirmed that the PPP/C had won the elections.
Hughes is currently representing several key party representatives, who are currently being the court on charges of electoral fraud.
