Dear Editor,GUYANA continues to endure the unprecedented General and Regional Elections impasse and heightened tension as a consequence of hesitancy on the part of the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to adopt the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)’s final report for the March 2, 2020 declared election results. It is far from the best […]
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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 […]
The role of the Observer Groups
THE General Elections (Observers) Act provides stipulations for the presence of observers at elections. Section 3 (1) states that the President may, after consultation with the Chairman of the Elections Commission, invite persons from outside Guyana to visit Guyana for the purpose of observing the democratic processes of the State as enshrined in the Constitution, […]
The International Community is afraid of Guyana’s rising economic and geopolitical power
Dear Editor,May I remind all of us that slavery and indentured servitude ended as recently 70 years ago in Guyana. Our people were brought to the shores of this country we now call Guyana by the ancestors of the very international observers who are now trying their best to foster instability by meddling in our […]
PPP attacks on GECOM’S chairperson is blatantly sexist
Dear Editor, I’VE been watching the PPP’s attacks on the female head of GECOM, shortly after her appointment! I’ve written several letters to the press, prior to the elections, which highlighted this fact! I believe the objective of the PPP was to project Madame Justice Claudette Singh as incompetent and incapable of carrying out the […]
GTUC flays observers, inl’I community for ‘meddling’ in Guyana’s affairs
….says these bodies have shown contempt tor CJ’s ruling and GECOM THE Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said it is deeply concerned by the statement made by Mr. Alexander Matus, Deputy Head of the European Union (EU) Observers Mission, demanding that District Four Returning Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), band over legal documents […]