–‘Coalition’ says PPP afraid of what sustained scrutiny will reveal By Gabriella Chapman THE national recount has seen many anomalies being brought to light by the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)/Alliance For Change (AFC) Coalition party, inconsistencies that seem to suggest that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) rigged the March 2, 2020 elections. By […]
…GECOM to review operations ONE week into the National Recount, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will, today, conduct a thorough review of the process. An important item on the agenda is the 25-day time-frame initially set for its execution. With only 261 of the 2,339 ballot boxes counted to date – the People’s Progressive Party/Civic […]
–Alexander dismisses contention Mingo’s March 13 declaration fraudulent THE 10 declarations currently being held in abeyance by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not be automatically replaced upon completion of tabulation of the Statements of Recount (SORs) for the 10 electoral districts, Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said, while noting that in accordance with the Order […]
Dear EditorTHE Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has been closely following the ongoing recount of votes cast in the 2020 General and Regional Elections. The exercise, which has seemingly descended into an audit of the elections, we gather, from media reports, has been going smoothly, albeit slowly. We are hopeful that as […]
…GECOM commissioner warns LONGSTANDING Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has warned that the electoral wrongdoings being unearthed during the ongoing recount process could impact the outcome of the March 2, 2020 elections. He told the media, on Monday, that whether the wrongdoings and discrepancies witnessed thus far do impact the results depend on […]
Guyana ChronicleMay 12, 2020 By Lisa HamiltonRelated–Election 2020 GUYANA Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has stated that he will be advocating for the blacklisting of GECOM polling day officials who have failed to adhere to Elections regulations, resulting in various irregularities in ballot boxes. “Collateral to this exercise called a recount has to be […]
SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to adhere to the directions given by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to conclude Guyana’s elections so that the country can fully refocus on its governance.In a release on Sunday, she welcomed the July 9, 2020 statement from the Chairman of […]
GUYANA Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has stated that, while all sorts of criticism have been levelled against the Commission in the past, the most recent, condemning Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, for the 156-day proposal is “unfounded, ridiculous and malicious”. In a letter to the Editor, Alexander said that the mere fact […]
Dear Editor,THE length of time that it will take to recount the ballots in the 2020 General and Regional Elections is a direct result of the PPP’s proposal to have two commissioners (one APNU+AFC and one PPP/C) at every counting station. This proposal which the PPP/C made and then suddenly gets amnesia is the source […]
– maintains that it is not simply a numerical recount SINCE the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has undertaken to facilitate a national recount of votes cast in the March 2020 Elections, several proposals have come to the fore, but Commissioner Vincent Alexander believes that those which speak to timelines of 10 and 12 days are […]