The trial into attempts to derail the 2020 General and Regional Elections has been adjourned until October 21, 2025, following several days of proceedings.At the recent hearings, new witnesses provided testimony regarding the events that derailed the 2020 elections. Additionally, witnesses who had previously testified were cross-examined by the defense attorneys, including Eusi Anderson, Nigel Hughes, Dexter Todd and Ronald Daniels.The proceedings are being conducted under case management guidelines. This means that when the trial resumes on October 21st, the court will determine the specific dates on which the hearings will continue. This structured approach helps to streamline the process and ensure that all parties are adequately prepared for each stage of the trial.Before the adjournment on Friday, the court heard that Michelle Miller, a former GECOM employee and a key figure in the ongoing 2020 elections fraud trial, repeatedly invoked her constitutional right to remain silent during a police interview part of the investigations.This revelation was made as a video recording of Miller’s being questioned by the Police was played in court on Friday as the trial continued before Magistrate Faith McGusty.Elections trial: Ramson Jr. details struggle to deliver recount letter to Mingo after false declaration madeDuring his testimony, Lance Corporal Christopher Martin Douglas, who is stationed at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Crime Lab, testified that on October 17, 2020, he was instructed to conduct a video-recorded interview with Miller at the Major Crimes Unit office.Miller was accompanied by her attorney, Latoya Roberts, and from the outset made it clear that she was reluctant to participate.“I am instructed to come here against my constitutional rights,” Miller said as the interview began, noting that the session was scheduled on her Sabbath. “This is violating my rights… Can’t I come any other day?”Despite her objections, investigators informed Miller that the questioning was part of ongoing investigations into allegations surrounding the March 2020 General and Regional Elections. Miller, however, insisted she had already fully cooperated.“This is my fourth time sitting in front of an investigator and I already answered a lot of questions. I cooperated to the fullest. I never denied to cooperate with the investigator or Police officers.“But at this point in time I feel exhausted about this situation. I feel like I am not being heard and listened to… you guys already have what you need,” Miller said in the recording.During the session, Miller also complained of feeling unwell, telling officers, ‘I am not feeling okay. I am not feeling well. I checked my pressure and it’s 168 over 112. I’m getting headache since yesterday and it’s ongoing.”When officers attempted to proceed with the interview, Miller firmly declined to answer.“I will reserve the right to stay silent because I already was questioned more than once and I give all the information that I know I had to give, so I reserve the right to remain silent,” she said.When further questions were posed, Miller repeatedly responded, “I reserve the right to remain silent.”Douglas testified that after the session, he copied the recorded interview to discs and returned the equipment to the lab.The court has previously heard testimony viewed several other such interviews with other defendants including former Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield and former Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo in the case.Elections Trial: Shuman details alleged vote manipulationAlso taking the stand was Josh Kanhai, who a representative of the New Movement party during the 2020 elections. Kanhai detailed his role in the national recount which was held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.Kanhai explained that he supervised his party’s team throughout the process, which ran from May 6 to July 8, 2020. He said he witnessed the tabulation of votes in all ten regions and the preparation of statements of recount and certificates of district tabulation.Kanhai described how, after the final Region Four tabulation on June 8, 2020, a series of letters were exchanged between the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson, Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh and Lowenfield.On July 9, 2020, Kanhai recalled, the GECOM Chaired directed Lowenfield to produce a final declaration based on the recount figures. However, he said subsequent correspondence, including a July 10, 2020 letter posted on social media, questioned whether the recount or the original vote count should be used, adding to the confusion before the final declaration was made.Nine individuals are currently before the court, charged with conspiring to manipulate the election results in favour of APNU+AFC in an attempt to deny victory to the PPP.Those charged include former government minister Volda Lawrence, Lowenfield, Mingo, and former Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, among others.The post Elections fraud trial adjourned until Oct. 21 appeared first on News Room Guyana.