Georgetown: Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will now face a third private criminal charge of fraud.
Two private criminal charges were filed against Lowenfield for “Misconduct in Public Office contrary to the Common Law” and “Conspiracy to commit Fraud” by citizens Desmond Morian and Dr Daniel Josh Kanhai respectively.
The third fraud charged was filed by Desmond Morian, a member of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party.
According to the court documents, it is alleged that between March 5, 2020, and June 23, 2020, Lowenfield conspired with person (s) unknown to commit a common law Fraud, “to wit, by presenting to the Guyana Elections Commission, the tables attached to his Elections Report dated 14th day of March 2020, accurately reflected the true results of the said election, in order to materially alter the results of the said election, with intent to defraud, knowing the tabulation to be false.”
Lowenfield came under scrutiny for preparing his elections report on March 5 which shows a victory for the incumbent APNU+AFC Coalition based on fraudulent and inflated figures provided by Clairmont Mingo, the Returning Officer for Guyana’s largest voting district- Region 4.
The national recount proved that Mingo inflated votes in favour of the Coalition and it was the PPP that actually won the March 2 elections by over 15,000 votes.
Meanwhile, despite the three private criminal charges filed against Lowenfield, he has not been legally served and so he avoided a scheduled appearance before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday to answer the charges.
A Court summons has been issued for him to appear on July 24 in relation to all three charges.
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