Category: Guyana Chronicle

BY tomorrow I expect the completion of the recount of all valid ballots cast in the March 2, 2020 elections in Guyana. This will be the first of four stages – Recount, Report, Review and Results (4Rs) – to which the President, the Opposition Leader and the Elections Commission have agreed to resolve the impasse […]

Dear Editor, “THE law, as I have been saying, is the greatest invention of man, and the law says, that fraud is fraud. A fraud, once committed, makes everything a nullity; everything that is tainted by fraud is void, ab inito, meaning from the inception.” Words beautifully put and passionately articulated by the man whose […]

…as GECOM warns against unauthorised pronouncement on election results Even in the absence of a complete recount process as outlined in the Order, there have been unofficial reports announcing the results of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections but the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is warning against such actions – behind the backdrop […]

By Bart S. Fis her  THERE has been a lot of loose talk by the PPP/C about possible sanctions that might be imposed by the United States and other countries against Guyana and/or its Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, if the PPP/C is not declared the winner of the March 2 general election. Quite simply, […]

Dear editor,I TELL you this and I tell you this with an abundance of confidence. If ever you have the unfortunate experience of meeting Freddie Kissoon, first he will tell you his name, but immediately after that he will boast that he is an academic. The fact is that Freddie is a very insecure man […]

MINISTER of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, S.C., has said that with all of the ‘checks and balances’ in Guyana’s constitution functional and functioning, Guyana has itself an accountable, transparent and democratic government. He made these remarks during an airing of his programme, ‘Issues in the News,’ during which he took the time […]

BERBICE supporters of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) party, a faction of the incumbent A Partnership :for National Unity+ AFC (APNU+AF(.) government, took to the streets of their respective villages and communities on Monday in protest of what they believe is an invasion of Guyana’s sovereignty.  Bearing placards with such slogans as ‘No foreign […]

By Svetlana Marshall AS the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) prepares to hand down its decision tomorrow, legal luminaries from the Caribbean and the United Kingd.om have said that Guyana’s Constitution and the Caribbean Court of Justice Act have effectively ousted the jurisdiction of the regional Court from adjudication on any decision made by the […]

…ECD villages protest as Guyana awaits CCJ ruling on elections By Naomi ParrisSUPPORTERS of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) + Alliance for change (AFC) coalition, on Monday, staged a country-wide peaceful protest stretching from Berbice, the East Coast of Demerara, Georgetown, all the way to Linden. The supporters who were seen clad in […]

Protest alleges meddling by CARICOM diplomatic community in elections  By Naomi Marshall LINDEN supporters of the A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change’ (APNU+AFC) coalition joined the series of countrywide protests that occurred simultaneously on Monday to make clear their position that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has no jurisdiction over […]