APNU+AFC official accused its own agents of ‘criminal collusion’ in fraud allegations

Georgetown: In a desperate attempt based on alleged “criminal collusion” surrounding the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections, former Member of Parliament (MP) James Bond who is an APNU+AFC official and spokesperson has now accused his own party’s agents of being a part of a conspiracy to oust their party from government.

James Anthony Bond

“Those agents, so-called agents, that persons are saying belong to APNU+AFC who were in those places when these things happened, shame on you. If you were there at all, shame on you. Shame on you,” Bond said in a 57-minute long video posted to his Facebook profile on Friday.

The APNU/AFC has embarked on a campaign to discredit the March 2 polls after previously claiming victory on multiple occasion with celebrations with President.

That victory was based on the fraudulent result of District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.

Three months after the election to date, the APNU/AFC coalition refused to release its Statement of Polls (SOPs) which it claims is proof of its victory, while the copies of the SOPs released by the PPP shows that party comfortably winning the elections by more than 16,000 votes.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has also been accused of facilitating APNU/AFC and has chosen not to release its SOPs despite doing so in the past amid calls from local and international observers to release the documents.

 “It is impossible for us to accept that it is anything but collusion, criminal collusion to have in so many of these boxes… 85% of the boxes there is gross irregularities. Illicit examples of fraud,” Bond added.

Both President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who agreed to the recount, had committed to accepting its results.

The APNU+AFC continues to allege that these irregularities involve persons voting in the name of dead people and individuals who were not in Guyana on elections day.

The elections have been described as the mother of all elections in Guyana with the next administration to have control of one of the biggest oil finds in recent years, in this part of the hemisphere, for the next five years.