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SENIOR Counsel Neil Boston said Sunday that come Tuesday, he will defend the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s position that the declaration of the votes for Region Four in the General and Regional Elections is valid. Though disappointed in the High Court’s decision that it has jurisdiction to hear an application challenging the procedure through which […]

…that no meeting scheduled for declaration of results THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has given its assurance that it will not flout the laws of Guyana, and that no meeting was called to declare the results of last Monday’s general and regional elections. In a statement on Sunday, GECOM said that as the constitutional agency […]

…Chief Justice rules in jurisdiction case on Region Four votes…injunction blocking declarations remains CHIEF Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to determine whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, followed the correct procedure before declaring the total number of votes for District Four in the General and Regional […]

Dear editor,I DO wonder if I can have the attention of your readership. Sorry that should be full, undivided attention. You see, I have been grappling with this very exhaustingly perplexing situation which demanded a tad more cerebral grey matter to resolve. To optimally communicate my conundrum, I endeavoured on a period of meditative reflection […]

…say religious leaders as they call for peace and unity FOLLOWING the recent events of violence and hate spewed across the country, several religious leaders are calling for their fellow Guyanese to keep the peace and unity during this critical period, as the country awaits the March 2 elections results. On Friday, several riots broke […]

Dear EditorIT comes as no surprise, the speed at which the controversy surrounding declaration of the Region Four results has been used to cast the PNCR as the rogue. The APNU+AFC government (of which the PNCR forms part) has never quite developed the fleetness of feet when it comes to defending itself against political attacks […]

…calls for security of all elections materials THE Alliance For change (AFC) has called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to release its data from last week’s elections in the interest of transparency. GECOM’s results are at variance with figures released by the Opposition, which has been alleging fraud, owing to the fact that the […]

Dear EditorDARKNESS, the term being used by many to describe what possibly awaits Guyana on the other side of these elections. I look on in sheer horror and disbelief at a possible return of the PPP/C to office, as GECOM continues its work in the face of domestic and international hostility. It is beyond evident, […]

Dear Editor:GUYANA, like the United States (U.S) and every other country around the world, is not without electoral challenges.  Whereas the U.S. reserves the right to resolve its electoral disputes, it seems as though Guyana does not deserve the same level of right to exercise judicial and other reviews over its systems. There has been intensive lobbying […]

Dear Editor, ON Friday, 5th June tht national recount process discovered that in 29 ballot boxes -for the lower East Coast Demerara, in strongholds of the PPP/C, that none of the mandatory documents as required by the electoral laws of the country were present in the ballot boxes.  It is significant that this occurred in […]