Georgetown: Controversial Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo on Saturday was slapped with four charges in relation to allegations that he committed fraud during the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.
Mingo is expected to appear in court on Monday. Mingo, has been accused of attempting to alter the March 2 elections results in favour of the APNU/AFC Coalition.
His attempts to alter the results of the elections led to the national recount exercise, which ultimately proved the significant differences in the figures being called by the RO compared to the actual numbers of votes cast.
The Guyana Police Force had noted it has launched a “comprehensive investigation” into allegations of criminal conduct by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield and RO of Region Four Clairmont Mingo in relation to the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections and the events that followed.
Lowenfield is already facing criminal charges in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court relating to fraud, misconduct in office and breach of the public’s trust by providing results of the March 2 elections which he knows to be false.
Also in police custody, as investigations continue into electoral fraud are IT Technician, Enrique Livan and three assistants of the RO Clairmont Mingo.
The four persons are being represented by Attorney, Eusi Anderson and they remain in custody.
Mingo was Tuesday last arrested after Court Marshalls had been looking for him to serve a warrant for his arrest on criminal charges; charges which were filed by a private citizen, but he’d somehow managed to give them the slip for weeks.
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