Guyana: OEA afirma que director electoral «está actuando de mala fe» y pide «respeto por los resultados del recuento»
OAS Permanent Council to discuss electoral situation in Guyana
Luis Almagro, the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), has requested a meeting of its Permanent Council to address the situation of the electoral process in Guyana.
Almagro made the announcement via twitter on Monday, sharing a copy of the letter he dispatched to the Chair of the Permanent Council, Luis Montoya.
The letter reads: “I have to honor of addressing Your Excellency to request your support in calling a meeting of the Permanent Council to deal with the situation of the electoral process in Guyana.”
The Permanent Council is one of the two main political bodies of the OAS, the other being the General Assembly. The Permanent Council keeps vigilance over the maintenance of friendly relations among the member states and, for that purpose, effectively assists them in the peaceful settlement of their disputes.
He solicitado a la Presidencia del @CP_OEA la convocatoria de una Sesión del Consejo Permanente de la @OEA_oficial para tratar la situación del proceso electoral en #Guyana pic.twitter.com/0tKbdINYdm
— Luis Almagro (@Almagro_OEA2015) July 13, 2020
USAID calls on Granger to put Guyana first to ensure swift transition of power
Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) John Barsa on Monday joined the long list of persons calling on incumbent President David Granger to concede defeat to end the four-month-long electoral process.
Barsa tweeted on Monday that: “Democracy requires that statesmen respect the will of the people.”
“We call on Mr Granger to put #Guyana first & assure a swift, peaceful transition of power to the democratically elected winners of the March 2 election based on the full recount tabulation.”
Democracy requires that statesmen respect the will of the people. We call on Mr. Granger to put #Guyana first & assure a swift, peaceful transition of power to the democratically elected winners of the March 2 election based on the full recount tabulation @EmbassyGuyana
— JBarsaUSAID (@JBarsaUSAID) July 13, 2020
USAID funds several programs in Guyana focusing on health, economic growth, and democracy and governance. Under health, it provides funding to HIV/AIDs programs.
In other areas, the agency also supports institutions and systems in the areas of rule of law, good governance, political competition and consensus-building, civil society, the private sector and security sector.
Other US officials including Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Michael Kozak and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have called for the winner of the elections to be declared using the results from the national vote recount.
We stand with @OAS_official in calling for respect of the results of the national recount in #Guyana.
“The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.” https://t.co/o0tbzVt3Qz
— Michael G. Kozak (@WHAAsstSecty) July 13, 2020
Comunicado de la OEA: Respeto a resultados del recuento nacional es la única solución democrática para Guyana
La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) señala que el Oficial Principal de Elecciones de Guyana, en oposición directa a las instrucciones del Presidente de la Comisión Electoral de Guyana, ha presentado un informe final que incluye datos recopilados antes del recuento nacional; datos que ya se habían considerado cuestionables.
No puede haber justificación para esta acción. Como se indicó en nuestra declaración del 10 de julio, esto confirma que el Oficial Principal de Elecciones está actuando de mala fe y en contra del interés de la democracia en Guyana.
Seamos muy claros: la única solución democrática para Guyana en este momento es el respeto por los resultados del recuento nacional. Ninguna otra figura, ni las preparadas antes del recuento, ni las recientemente invalidadas por la Corte de Justicia del Caribe, ni ninguna otra que pueda ser diseñada de manera unilateral por el Oficial Principal de Elecciones, puede tener un lugar en la determinación final de los resultados. Un nuevo proceso electoral también es una solución inaceptable.
El artículo 1 de la Carta Democrática Interamericana establece que «los pueblos de las Américas tienen derecho a la democracia y sus gobiernos la obligación de promoverla y defenderla». Ya es hora de que los líderes actuales de Guyana cumplan con sus responsabilidades democráticas y permitan que el gobierno recién elegido tome su lugar.
En los próximos días, la Secretaría General de la OEA informará al Consejo Permanente de la OEA sobre estos y otros desarrollos recientes en Guyana.
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