Georgetown: A criminal complaint was Tuesday filed to with the police against the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, for “Misconduct in Public Office contrary to the Common Law”.
The citizen, Desmond Morian, is contending that Lowenfield, while performing his duties as CEO of GECOM, ascertained the results of the March 2 elections “knowing the said results to be false, the said willful misconduct amounting to a breach of the public’s trust in the Office of the Chief Elections Officer of [GECOM].”
The complaint was filed in relation to the report of fictitious numbers he submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), instead of the votes which were counted in the national recount.
In Lowenfield’s report, the CEO had claimed that the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition garnered 171,825 votes while the PPP/C gained 166,343 votes.
How the CEO arrived at those figures is unknown, since the certified results from the legally conducted recount exercise supervised by GECOM and a high-level team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) pellucidly show that the PPP/C won with 233,336 votes while the APNU/AFC garnered 217,920.
Lowenfield’s attempt to alter the results of the results and deny the will of the people comes on the heels of two previous attempts he made to give legitimacy to the fraudulent declarations of Mingo.
Another Citizen, Daniel Josh Kanhai has accused Lowenfield of the offence of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony contrary to Section 34 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act. The crime is punishable with imprisonment for seven years.
Lowenfield has faced staunch criticism from local and international officials after he was revealed to have disregarded instructions of GECOM Chair, Justice Claudette Singh, by presenting results to the Commission which did not reflect the results of the recount.
The hearing is set for 09:00h on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
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