A lot has been said about the pronouncements of the ABC&E countries and the OAS, on the conduct of the March 2nd elections in Guyana. Their pronouncements are being taken by some as the gold standard of, if the elections were credible or not. I believe that their pronouncements, far from being a gold standard, could be the result of a far reaching conspiracy that threatens the national security of Guyana. This is not a threat to APNU-AFC, or a threat to the PPP, it is a threat to all Guyanese.
Just look at the recent elections in Bolivia and the threat becomes clear. These elections were held on October 20, 2019 and the incumbent President, Evo Morales, was declared the winner. The opposition protested and the OAS stepped in to review the results. In their review, the OAS concluded that Morales was involved in massive electoral fraud. A nearly 100-page report by the OAS described several violations, including the use of a hidden computer server designed to tilt the vote toward Morales. This report set the stage for a military coup again Morales in order to “restore democracy.”
However, in it’s article, “The OAS helped undermine, not restore, democracy in Bolivia,” the Washington Post exposed the OAS role in robbing Evo Morales of his electoral victory. According to the Washington Post, “the OAS actions were undoubtedly important in creating a climate within which a coup could not only succeed, but be applauded as a necessary step toward restoring Bolivian democracy, as the U.S. government and mainstream media did.”
John Curiel and Jack R. Williams, researchers with MIT’s Election Data and Science Lab analyzed the OAS claim and found it to be flawed. They unequivocally rejected the OAS claim, and stated: “As specialists in election integrity, we find that the statistical evidence does not support the claim of fraud in Bolivia’s October election.” However, by then Morales, the man who won the elections, was already exiled and OAS regime change mission was accomplished.
The events in Bolivia should have disqualified the OAS from fielding an election observer mission in the foreseeable future. However, five months later they were in Guyana doing exactly what they did in Bolivia. The other observer missions from the ABC&E countries and the Commonwealth readily bonded with the corrupt OAS observer mission to Guyana. When they should have distanced themselves, they bonded. This says a lot, but should not be surprising.
The Canadian High Commissioner breached diplomatic norms when she became involved in the no confidence motion (NCM) conspiracy. In normal circumstances she would have been recalled and disciplined by her government. She was not, and was in Guyana as part of the observer mission when she barged, uninvited, into a meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission and attempted to instruct the commission what to do. She shedded her diplomatic cloak and assumed the persona of a PPP political enforcer.
At this moment there is an online petition calling for her recall. However, I am not hopeful. If she was not recalled after her involvement in the corrupt NCM conspiracy; If she was not immediately recalled after barging through a closed door into a meeting of a constitutional agency; it is most likely she is an agent of the Canadian Government whose mission is regime change. However, I encourage all to sign the petition for what it is worth.
The British High Commissioner and the Head of the Commonwealth observer mission, Owen Aurther, were both caught in apparent conflict of interest. There are widespread allegations of the High Commissioner being in a relationship with a member of the Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, inner circle. To be in such a situation and then try to assume the role of a supposed impartial election observer is highly dishonest. The High Commissioner should have recused himself. The fact that he did not says a lot.
The head of the Commonwealth mission choose to secure accommodations from a leading PPP functionary. Then the night before the elections he had dinner at the home of Bharrat Jagdeo. It was as if he wanted to state, “look, this is the party I am supporting.””
When all these things are taken together, it is not surprising the ABC&E countries and the OAS missions behaved how they behaved. It was a mission for regime change.
Some may want to ask why. Why would all these countries want regime change in Guyana? The answer is simple. In the new world order, geopolitical dynamics are driven by the economic interest of individuals with influence. One just need to take a look at Ukraine to understand how these things happen. Guyana is emerging as a major oil producer, and some may see it as being ripe for the taking. However, this is a dangerous game being played by the PPP. Just look at Bolivia.
The presidential candidates in the Bolivian elections, Evo Morales, Carlos Mesa, and Chi Hyun Chung received 47.08%, 36.51%, and 8.78% of the votes respectively. Because Morales’ share of the votes was 10% greater than Mesa’s a runoff election was not necessary. Mesa rejected the result, not on the grounds that he got more votes than Morales, but on the grounds that Morales should not have beaten him by more than 10 points. The OAS agreed with Mesa, and Morales was removed from office by the military.
However, instead of restoring democracy, the OAS caused the unleashing of repression on the people of Bolivia. After Morales left, it was not Mesa who assumed office. It was some obscure far fight politician, who no doubt was handpicked by the OAS and others. However democracy did not follow.
As per the Washington Post, “In fact, the opposite has occurred. Following Morales’s ouster, Bolivia has come under the control of a right-wing authoritarian regime that has killed dozens of unarmed protesters, detained hundreds, blocked international human rights investigators, systematically repressed political opponents, threatened journalists and media outlets, embraced racism, and enacted a far-right agenda for which it has no electoral mandate nor constitutional legitimacy.” This is the democracy the OAS delivers. Guyanese must be vigilant. Don’t allow Bolivia to be replicated in Guyana.