Walwyn dispels rumors of 2019 Election Rigging
Mr Walwyn, who is also the Education and Culture Minister, made his position clear on Wednesday evening, January 16, 2019, during a public NDP meeting held on Virgin Gorda (VG).
Citizens Skeptical
“Now I want to make something very clear, and I want to say to you now because around elections you are going to hear a lot of things… a lot of stories and I want to urge you, do not act on melee and foolishness,” Mr Walwyn told those in attendance at the meeting.
He inquired from the small crowd gathered about whether they had heard about certain negative conversations around the voting machines.
Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Six District Candidate, Mr John M. Samuel had recently slammed the NDP government over its rush on implementing the voting machine as citizens have raised concerns.
The new DS 200 Precinct Scanners and e-poll books were tested by the Election Office a few months ago and Mr Samuel in a Facebook post asked, “Where are the results from the public review on this?”
According to Mr Walwyn, “People suggesting that the machine gon do all kind of things, and people gon put things in the machine beforehand and so forth, do not be discouraged by that, it is nothing but propaganda,” he warned.
Just a counting machine – Walwyn
In explaining the process of the vote counting machine, Hon Walwyn said, “So the thing goes in, the machine tabulates it for you… at the end of the day, you get your figures who won which district and who won At-Large.”
“You going to go and vote pretty much in the same way you voted before. What the machine is, [is] a counting machine, that’s all it is,” he uttered.
The NDP Chairman continued, “But if you listen to what was being said by other persons, it would make you think you don’t want to go to the polls to vote… because… something is going to happen.”
“So I needed to make sure that I set the records straight for you on that,” he said.
Mr Walwyn’s assurance of no plans for elections rigging also came as he challenged his political opponent, Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), to meet him at the upcoming 2019 polls, as an At-Large Candidate in the General Election.
Many voters throughout the Territory, especiallythe young and the elderly have claimed that they do not trust the NDP and the machines could be an attempt by the group to steal the 2019 Elections.
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