-says Guyanese should come together for unity INTERNATIONALLY-renowned human and civil rights activist Dr. Joseph Beasley on Sunday called on all external forces to allow Guyana’s electoral process to be completed by the people of this country. He also beckoned all Guyanese to come together to ensure that their actions during this time do not […]
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GMSA pleads for appropriate action to defuse tension
THE Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), as an important affiliate of the private sector, feels compelled to lend its voice directly to the major political stakeholders, in seeking a sensible and reasonable resolution to the current unsatisfactory situation and urge that action be taken to ensure the achievement of credible results to our recently […]
GECOM will hold on declaration pending court matters
THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has made it clear that it has no intention to make a final declaration on the General and Regional Elections before the High Court’s decision on whether the votes for Region Four need to be recounted. The opposite was the accusation of the opposition and lawyers representing the opposition at […]
GECOM to defend position on Region 4 votes
SENIOR Counsel Neil Boston said Sunday that come Tuesday, he will defend the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s position that the declaration of the votes for Region Four in the General and Regional Elections is valid. Though disappointed in the High Court’s decision that it has jurisdiction to hear an application challenging the procedure through which […]
GECOM says will not flout the laws of Guyana
…that no meeting scheduled for declaration of results THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has given its assurance that it will not flout the laws of Guyana, and that no meeting was called to declare the results of last Monday’s general and regional elections. In a statement on Sunday, GECOM said that as the constitutional agency […]
Court to hear elections matters
…Chief Justice rules in jurisdiction case on Region Four votes…injunction blocking declarations remains CHIEF Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire, ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to determine whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, followed the correct procedure before declaring the total number of votes for District Four in the General and Regional […]
Complete the electoral process before you try to establish intent
Dear editor,I DO wonder if I can have the attention of your readership. Sorry that should be full, undivided attention. You see, I have been grappling with this very exhaustingly perplexing situation which demanded a tad more cerebral grey matter to resolve. To optimally communicate my conundrum, I endeavoured on a period of meditative reflection […]
‘Citizens must act responsibly’
…say religious leaders as they call for peace and unity FOLLOWING the recent events of violence and hate spewed across the country, several religious leaders are calling for their fellow Guyanese to keep the peace and unity during this critical period, as the country awaits the March 2 elections results. On Friday, several riots broke […]
APNU+AFC must ensure GECOM does not delegitimise its victory
Dear EditorIT comes as no surprise, the speed at which the controversy surrounding declaration of the Region Four results has been used to cast the PNCR as the rogue. The APNU+AFC government (of which the PNCR forms part) has never quite developed the fleetness of feet when it comes to defending itself against political attacks […]
AFC urges GECOM to release data from elections
…calls for security of all elections materials THE Alliance For change (AFC) has called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to release its data from last week’s elections in the interest of transparency. GECOM’s results are at variance with figures released by the Opposition, which has been alleging fraud, owing to the fact that the […]