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Dear editor,IT was American Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who coined the infamous quote, “Whom the Gods would destroy they first make them mad.” This quote quite frequently reverberated my teenaged eardrums in heated political debates, but the meaning evaded my developing cerebral cortex; this would, however, change. No sooner had I taken the sacred Hippocratic […]

Dear EditorPRESIDENT David Granger continues to be vindicated by the courts. His application of the laws of Guyana in the exercise of his function as President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana cannot be questioned. The President has at all times said that he respects the Constitution of Guyana, will abide by rulings of the […]

Dear EditorTHERE’s a saying that life can only be lived forward but understood backwards. On March 10, 2020, one day before the High Court was set to rule on the injunction brought before it by Mr Anil Nandlall’s former driver, the now-deceased Mr Reeaz Holladar committed suicide. I can only imagine how distraught and hurt […]

In a statement Prime Minister Nagamootoo said it was with deep sadness that we learned about the death of Chand, who peacefully passed away in Cuba where he was receiving medical attention. “With his death, Guyana has lost an outstanding champion of the working class, more particularly sugar workers,” the PM said. He added that […]

Dear Editor,THE latest ruling from the Guyana Court of Appeal clears the way for final resolution of our electoral uncertainty, and not a moment too soon. GECOM and the responsible officials must put aside the temptation to fall into petty disputes and proceed to the recount with all haste. It is of the utmost importance […]

…commission to return today to further deliberate on proposal By Svetlana Marshall CHIEF Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield, in his draft operational plan for a national recount, has indicated that the process would take 156 days –- a proposal which has been rejected, in part, by opposition-nominated commissioners. The Guyana […]

…Moore’s lawyers warn against CARICOM validating elections By Svetlana Marshall DESCRIBING it as a landmark ruling, the battery of lawyers representing Ulita Moore, on Tuesday, said the Court of Appeal’s decision and consequential orders have made it clear that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot delegate its supervisory functions to any other authority regardless of […]

–in the whole story of Elections 2020 Dear Editor, THIS letter is being written shortly after learning that GECOM has suspended the examination and counting of the ballots of our March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections. The reason for this unhappy suspension is the discovery of a secret early-morning meeting at the Tabulation Department […]

Dear Editor,THE President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Statesman that he is, David Arthur Granger unequivocally stated that he would accept the results of the recount period. Adhering to the law, there should never have been a recount in the first place, but he agreed. Is it surprising, however, that the leader of the […]

THE subject of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and its raison d’etre has been written on, ad nauseam, and mentioned in numerous letters published in this newspaper. That this has been so is largely due to the numerous sinister attempts in some well-known political quarters, and by their vested-interest cliques to denude this key constitutional […]