By Vincent Alexander
Firstly, why has it taken him over two years to make this public disclosure?
Secondly, why didn’t he inform the Commission through the then Opposition nominated Commissioners with whom he had daily contact, rather than leave them, apparently, clueless until the recount, when all of the Commissioners were alerted to the fact that documents for the area under the AG`s supervision as the PPPC`s agent could not be located?
Thirdly, the then Opposition nominated Commissioners participated in drafting Order 60, which specified that those documents would have been examined during the recount, yet he and the then Opposition nominated Commissioners never disclosed what he now claims that he was aware of, from the inception.
Fourthly, his disclosure that he had been alerted to the fact that the documents had not been placed in the ballot boxes or enveloped for return to GECOM raises questions about his coverage of the area and his apparent contact with, and coordination of, the operatives from the area, including those who worked with GECOM.
Fifthly, it is worthy of note that at the time, during the recount, when GECOM summoned those officials in the quest for information on what might have occurred, there was no assistance forthcoming from the AG.
Sixthly, why did the current Government nominated Commissioners stoutly oppose the internal review of GECOM`s 2020 elections operations, which review would have provided an opportunity for the issue of the missing statutory documents to be further investigated.
The AG`s belated public disclosure leaves more questions than answers. Many of the unanswered questions are in the domain of the AG.