Category: Guyana Chronicle

…raises concern over national security, safety of state assets GENERAL Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Bharrat Jagdeo, on Wednesday, asked the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to safeguard the assets of the State as the nation awaits a decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the results of the General and Regional Elections. […]

Dear Editor: General-Secretary (GS) of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo knows there is no result that he has seen so far emanating from the national recount that can make him rejoice. At best, what he is doing is managing his concerns and pumping up his supporters into believing the results are/will be in their favour. It […]

– Justice Pollard says GECOM must ensure evidence used to pronounce on elections is credible By Lisa Hamilton FORMER Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Professor Duke Pollard has asserted that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is bound to produce credible elections results and that it cannot submit to the country information which […]

– but calls on commission to conduct investigation THE A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has accused the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Secretariat of “acting in conspiracy” and in collusion with Region Four Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo, to alter the results of the 2020 General and Regional elections. The party however, ignored the numerous […]

Dear Editor I AM a politically neutral observer of Guyanese and Swiss decent residing abroad. In response to the Caribbean Court of Justice decision, I would like to draw attention to an obvious discrepancy, which remains unaddressed even after the CARICOM supervised recount. According to the unofficial recount numbers [1], 460’295 valid votes were cast […]

IN response to questions posed to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Guyana’s elections situation, spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, stated that the UN looks forward to conclusion to the elections, soonest, and an acceptance of the official results by political leaders. “The Secretary-General takes note of the July 8 ruling of the […]

Dear Editor,ON Wednesday, July 8 2020 the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) scrapped the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield’s report that shows the governing coalition was expected to declare A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) the winner of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. The CCJ President, Justice Adrian Saunders said […]

––Alexander maintains no results should be declared from 2020 Elections Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander, on Friday, said the National Recount Order – Order No. 60 – should be set aside by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the grounds that it created a new elections regime contrary to the Representation of the People Act and […]

THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has objected to the position that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot direct the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) on what he should put in his Elections Report and simultaneously accused Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC of misinterpreting and misapplying the law on the matter. […]

GUYANA Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) Chair, ,Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, has dismissed as “mischief”, false information being peddled that she is in collusion with GECOM’s Information Technology Manager, Aneal Giddings, lo manipulate the election results.  The rumour has been circulating, via social media, in the past days, alleging that, in an audio recording of a conversation, […]