According to PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo there must be a political motive behind a decision by President David Granger to prevent the Carter Center and the International Republican Institute (IRI) from returning to Guyana to observe the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.
Speaking during a virtual briefing yesterday, Jagdeo argued that since government through the COVID-19 Taskforce has agreed to open the borders and allow Guyanese to return home there is no excuse to continue to prevent the international observers from also returning.
“So now that just yesterday, they agreed to 100 persons coming in, flying in to Guyana, he [the President] would have a very difficult time now justifying why they can’t allow four international observers who are prepared to take the test [COVID-19] and follow the same protocols like CARICOM did and the same protocol that those who are coming home will follow, so he is going to be in a serious bind now to explain this,” he claimed.