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COMMISSIONER of Police Leslie James in a letter to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), has confirmed that 172 persons from a list of 207 were not in Guyana when the General and Regional Elections were held on March 2. In response to claims by the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) […]

…AG Basil Williams argues AGAINST the claims of the Opposition that the death certificates in the possession of APNU+AFC party agents were “obtained nefariously”, Attorney General, Basil Williams, has set the record straight by highlighting that every Guyanese has the right to access official documents in the possession of public authorities. Since the commencement of […]

Dear Editor,WITH each day that the recount/audit of the March 2 elections continues, the findings of that process are pointing increasingly sharply and emphatically in only one direction and towards one conclusion: the elections were fraudulent. Since the PPP did everything it could to prevent a recount, and, now, considering the PPP’s continuing efforts to […]

Dear EditorI WANT to comment on a story captioned “Election Day process so impressive that it was impossible to cheat” which was published by a local newspaper on March 31. The news story sought to explain how the European Ambassador was impressed with the various levels of safeguards in the electoral process, and that he […]

By Svetlana MarshallWITH 1,836 of the 2,339 ballot boxes already processed, the recount of votes cast at the General and Regional Elections could be completed well ahead of the June 13 deadline — if all goes well. Some 503 ballot boxes are therefore left to be processed. On Monday (Day 27), a total of 97 […]

Dear EditorThe charade must stop. The will of the Guyanese people must prevail. The notion of ‘one man, one vote’ must prevail. Only valid votes can be counted as ordered by the Court of Appeal. Disgraceful efforts by the PPP/C to threaten public servants either by informal coercion (threats of sanctions) or malicious prosecution must […]

…CCJ to hand down, next Wednesday, landmark decision on PPP/C’s elections appeal…AG tells Court it was widespread electoral fraud that warranted need for the determination of “valid votes”…maintains court has no jurisdiction to hear appeal to Court of Appeal’s decision By Svetlana MarshallNEXT Wednesday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hand down its decision […]

Dear EditorTHE recent brouhaha raised by the PPP/C in which they have sought to accuse the APNU+AFC government of ‘’large scale corruption…as Winston Jordan signed off on the transferal of land…” pertaining the vesting orders, signed off by Minister Jordan for lands at Ogle. Of course, these are accusations that have to do with the […]

Dear EditorDuring his online public briefing yesterday, PPP/C Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, stated that the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) “is the only body that can make the decision and declaration of the results”. That position mirrors what President Granger has repeatedly said since the conclusion of the March 2 elections, when the PPP/C ‘declared’ itself the […]

…Alexander says as he heads into today’s GECOM meeting By Svetlana MarshallAHEAD of today’s meeting of the Elections Commission, longstanding GECOM Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has vowed to make his voice heard, saying that there will be no silence on the push by a faction of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to dishonour the Recount Order, […]