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–to do otherwise would be a miscarriage of Eustice, says APNU+AFC tabulation agent As Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield pre parts to submit his report on the first phase of the National Recount of the Marth 2, 2020 National and Region­al Elections, the perception abroad is that all the anom­alies bigblighted during the course […]

says such action inte1feres with integrity of recount process THE APNU+AFC coalition bas written to CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley indicating its concern about action taken by the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) to celebrate victory prior to completion of the recount process.  The letter was penned on behalf of the party […]

Dear Editor,Electoral fraud has been committed; the people Guyana know it; all those who colluded for it to happen, know it and the world also knows. Only the Commission, and, more specifically, the Chairman, Justice Claudette Singh can let Guyana and the “Will of the people” breathe. It is extremely difficult for any reasonable thinking […]

…former MP finds it worrying that PPP/C unconcerned about voting irregularities APNU+AFC MEMBER, Mervyn Williams, believes that the numerous ballot boxes with missing documents uncovered during the recount process brings into question the extent to which the credibility of the 2020 elections may have been affected, and the Opposition’s push for this to be ignored […]

Let the recount progress without constant threats to the people Dear Editor, GUYANESE at home and abroad, for some time now, have begun to feel tired and fatigued by the con­stant threats of the People ‘s Progressive Party (PPP)’s Leader and General Secretary, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo. He is using ever opportunity to tell the nation […]

Dear Editor, THE March 02 national and regional elections recount is currently in process; and maybe, for the sake of objectivity and analysis, one should comment at the end of this exercise. However, since there is no legal gag or constraint on views, I now pen the following thoughts. With what is now emerging from […]

…agents trade words over process By Gabriella Chapman SINCE the commencement of the national recount last Wednesday, the hot topic has been the findings of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) of irregularities in the voting process, which that party has pinned on the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). On Tuesday, […]

Dear Editor,IT IS now undeniable, obvious, and indisputable that the PPP attempted to rig the elections, illegally snatch political power, and undermine Guyana’s democracy by every means possible, on numerous fronts, and at all levels of the electoral process. After the PPP has tried its best to prevent a recount, block an audit of the […]

…writes COVID-19 taskforce for advice THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is interested in increasing the number of workstations within the Arthur Chung Conference Centre to speed up the national recount, but now awaits approval from the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) which will visit the centre today. Chair of GECOM, Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh told […]

…as GECOM seeks to add more work stations; speed-up process A TOTAL of 310 ballot boxes were processed in the first week of the National Recount from a total of 2,339, according to statistics provided by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward. According to those ‘stats’, the lowest number of ballot […]