AFC must quit this unholy alliance

I encourage to send this email to Mr. David Malpass.

‘Mr. David Malpass
President, The World Bank Group
1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20433
United States of America

Via email to eds01@worldbank.org

Dear Mr. Malpass,

The local media in Guyana has reported that the regime in control of power has requested a US$5 million emergency loan under the World Bank’s Rapid Response Emergency Facility to deal with the effects of the coronavirus. As a Guyanese citizen I am writing to oppose this request for the reasons set forth below.

As you are aware, Guyana held national and regional elections on March 2, 2020. To date no government has been chosen because the incumbent APNU/AFC coalition regime has chosen to tamper with the results. These elections were monitored by the resident diplomatic missions of the European union, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Observer Missions from the European Union, the Commonwealth, the OAS, the Carter Center and a host of domestic observer groups kept a close watch on the process.

They all concluded that the voting process was, but that APNU/AFC colluded with corrupt elements of the ostensibly independent Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to manipulate the final results. The Observer missions and the resident diplomatic missions unanimously concluded that the counting process was rigged. Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Secretary-General noted that flaws in the counting process would result in a “serious violation of the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth.” The OAS Observer Mission, which withdrew from observing the counting of the votes, noted that the process “does not meet the required standard of fairness and transparency.” The current CARICOM Chairman, Mia Mottley that certain forces oppose a fair process and that any “any Government which is sworn in without a credible and fully transparent vote count process would lack legitimacy.”

In addition, Mike Pompeo the U.S. Secretary of State warned that “individuals who seek to benefit from electoral fraud and form illegitimate governments/regimes will be subject to a variety of serious consequences from the United States.” France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Norway have also condemned the fairness of the counting process. In sum, the current regime wielding power in Guyanais illegitimate and does not have the right to speak for the Guyanaese people in international for a such as the World Bank.

The right of the Guyanese people to choose their government is being trampled upon in violation of Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Commonwealth Charter, the Charter of the Organization of American States, and the Constitution of the Republic of Guyana. Democracy in under siege in Guyana. The World Bank should follow the lead of the IMF when it denied Venezuela’s request for a US$3 billion loan to deal with the Coronavirus. The IMF denied the loan on the basis that the international community does not speak for the Venezuelan people.

In light of the universal condemnation of the electoral process in Guyana we humbly implore you to not legitimize this illegal regime by approving this loan request.

Sincerely,

Victor Singh’