Category: Guyana Chronicle

…. APNU+AFC alerts, Guyanese, diplomatic community about voting irregularities in PPP/C strongholds  ….says the party trying to contaminate, rig the elections  THE APNU+AFC Coalition. on Sunday, said, as the fifth day of the recount process has been completed, clear and unmistakable patterns of irregularities, discrepancies and worse have emerged.  The recount process has uncov­ered, among […]

THE People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) has warned that the Guyana Elections Commission should not return to the previous declarations of the March 2, 2020 polls saying any such move would render the recount exercise futile. The party still claims that it has won the elections by some 15,000 votes contrary to the two separate […]

…Alexander says in giving clarity to the matter CONTRARY to positions held by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) and opposition-nominated commissioners, Commissioner Vincent Alexander of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has stated that the national recount is not based on the Representation of the People Act. Alexander provided clarity on the matter on Saturday—Day Four […]

Dear EditorEVER since the March 2, 2020 elections, I have been tempted to write you on issues I considered highly disturbing and “anti-national,” whereby prominent political figures have been calling for sanctions against leading national figures and Guyana. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has claimed without verifiable evidence that it has won the elections and […]

–Alexander urges radical reform…says people need decision-making power GUYANA Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Vincent Alexander in his personal capacity believes that Guyana’s electoral system is dysfunctional and needs to be revamped to put decision-making power in the hands of the people. Speaking to the media on Saturday evening, at the end of Day Four of […]

Dear EditorTHE preoccupation of Guyanese, both resident and abroad, with the recently held elections are rooted in much more than idle curiosity. Many at home are concerned about their freedom to speak and to have their voices heard, as in voting and having their votes counted and accounted for. Most of those abroad, having voted […]

—- 51 ballot boxes counted on Sunday— GECOM makes new decisions on sequential counting, observation reports, cellphone use A TOTAL of 208 ballot boxes have been counted as of Sunday, day five of the national recount process, with an additional 51 ballot boxes counted — the highest number thus far. The process generally went smoothly […]

Dear EditorIT is clear that our current Proportional Representation (PR) system of governance is not working. In fact, it has failed us and so should be thrown out in a garbage bag. The current system is very toxic and is only tearing us apart as a people. It brings out the worst in us as […]

CHAIRMAN of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley will be leading a delegation of regional leaders to Guyana, today, to discuss the current impasse following last week’s general and regional elections. According to a report from Barbados’ Nation News, Mottley made the announcement during a national address from the Hilton Barbados where the Social […]

Dear Readers,GUYANA has suffered its first 2020 election death because our leaders failed us. Some may choose to debate this statement and cast blame, but the fact remains that one of our sons died because restraint and refusal to follow the rules were not encouraged. Instead of continuing down this road, we must put the […]