If Guyana is not respected internationally as a democratic state, and its government is not seen as credibly elected, it will be isolated from regional, hemispheric and international activity that will hurt its people irreparably. This is according to Antiguan Barbadian Ambassador to the USA, Sir Ronald Sanders.
Sanders noted in his recent writings that the first indication of the gravity with which the international community regards Guyana’s situation was given by the Commonwealth of 55-nations on April 2, exactly one month since the general elections were held on March 2 without a declared result.
Through the Ministerial Action Group (MAG), its watchdog for abuses of human rights and democracy, the Commonwealth “strongly iterated that any government which is sworn in without a credible and fully transparent vote count and tabulation process would lack legitimacy”. The MAG also “called upon the GECOM (Guyana Elections Commission) to immediately fulfill its constitutional mandate and ensure the sovereign right of the people of Guyana to duly elect their government is respected through a transparent and credible counting and tabulation process”.