Georgetown: In the aftermath of the Guyana Court of Appeal decision on Thursday to uphold the decision of Chief Justice Roxane George that the national vote recount is valid and that the Chief Elections Officer, as an employee of GECOM, must do as he is told, Campaign Manager of the APNU+AFC Joseph Harmon said “fraudulent votes cannot be the basis for a final declaration to be made. This is our firm position.”
Hours after the United States Government imposed more visa sanctions, saying the Government of President David Granger continues to defy the will of the people.
Below is the statement issued by Ambassador Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State:
“On July 15, the Secretary announced the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals responsible for or complicit in undermining democracy in Guyana.
Today, we are acting to prevent additional senior individuals from that country from entering the United States.
The Secretary’s been clear: The Granger administration and its allies continue to defy the will of the Guyanese people by refusing to accept the vote count. The count has been certified as valid by international observers OAS and CARICOM, Guyana’s and the Caribbean’s highest courts.
“The United States joins the rest of the region refusing to go along with this farce. We will continue to act until the Granger administration accepts the will of Guyanese voters.”
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