OUTRAGED over the fact that the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield reverted to the declarations made by returning officers in March, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), on Saturday objected to the Elections Report which was submitted to Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh. The chief elections officer, ahead of his […]
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‘Nothing stops a declaration’
By Svetlana Marshall WITH the Chief Elections Officer’s Elections Report showing a win for the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), the Coalition’s Chief Spokesman, Joseph Harmon wants the results of the General and Regional Elections be declared, and President David Granger sworn in for a second term in Office.The Elections […]
GECOM needs to move ahead so the nations can settle in to be governed by a President identified as a result of a fair process
Dear Editor As human beings, we all have our beliefs and interpretation of past and current events. This shapes our attitudes and in the case of the media, editorial policy and proclivities. The present situation in Guyana requires all of us to leap beyond these proclivities or if we prefer prejudices for the sake of […]
GECOM Chairman must now follow the law
Dear Editor The Guyana Elections Commission Chief Elections Officer Mr. Keith Lowenfield has submitted his report to the Chairman. Mr. Lowenfield has done so within the constitutional provisions and the law. He has acted prudently, judiciously and legally. It is now imperative that Madam Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh concludes the process by also acting within […]
CEO submits elections report
…showing victory for APNU+AFC….GECOM Chair to now declare By Svetlana Marshall GUYANA’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has submitted his Elections Report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), showing a win for the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). The Elections Report, the third of its kind since the conduct […]
Yes to a full recount! No to PPP’s bullyism!
IT IS difficult to remain quiet in the face of attempts at rank manipulation of the Guyanese people by the PPP. Why does the PPP continue to believe that Guyanese are dumb? Why do they continue to insult our intelligence? How can you present your party as a potential government while disregarding the basic tenets […]
There is no ‘Lowenfield proposal’
Dear Editor, THE reality of Good Friday and the restrictions imposed in the interest of mitigating COVID-19 have given me the latitude to pay more than usual attention to comments in the Media about GECOM, and, in this instance about Lowenfield, per se, in relation to the “Lowenfield proposal” of 156 days for the Recount. […]
MY TURN | RESTRICTIONS AND RECOUNT
OUR Guyanese people deserve a round of applause for almost faithful observance of restrictive measures, as the nation buckles down for the fight against the coronavirus. At the time of writing, 45 persons have tested positive, six of whom have died. Compared to confirmed cases in some 183 other countries, these statistics for Guyana are […]
Jagdeo has been using a populist stance
– to castigate American corporations such as ExxonMobil Dear Editor,ATTEMPTS are being fostered into paving the way of a digital coup d’etat in favour of the PPP. In a letter signed by Melinda Janki, Hinds, Gaskin, Goolsaran, et al, declarations have been announced that they do not recognise President David Granger as the Head of […]
Ingratitude is worse than witchcraft
Dear Sir,WHEN I was growing up in ‘Packoo Dam’, aka Wortmanville, my grandmother, ‘Clar-Clar’, often told me that “ingratitude was worse than witchcraft…” She said that when you are ungrateful, it shows a lack of training, or as she would say, upbringing. It was her duty, she claimed, to make me au fait about the […]