CARICOM’s electoral rescue mission collapsed dramatically yesterday after legal action against it and Chair of the movement, Mia Mottley charged that there were forces here that do not want the votes from the March 2nd general elections recounted and she warned again that a government sworn in without a credible tabulation would not have legitimacy.
The decision by CARICOM to withdraw its five-member mission came after a person who had been an election candidate for the governing APNU+AFC secured an injunction from the court of Justice Franklyn Holder against the recount.
With a winner of the elections yet to be declared after more than two weeks, the departure of the CARICOM mission left the Granger presidency hanging by a thread and with no credible pathway towards him being sworn in. The CARICOM move also came amidst mounting pressure from Western countries particularly the US over the absolute need for clarity on the Region Four count where the Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo has been accused of twice delivering fictitious figures to make it appear that APNU+AFC had won.