Category: Guyana Chronicle

APNU+AFC supporters hold spirited protests outside GECOM AHEAD of the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) meeting on Friday, scores of APNU+AFC protesters took to Maio and New Market Streets in protest that the Commission must operate only on the basis of valid volts.  Police barricades were stretched across the Main Street location and visible at several […]

…says Order 60 contradicts Constitution, ROPA…GECOM chair demands that he submit elections report no later than 11:00hrs today IN a twist of events on Friday, the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, instead of submitting an Elections Report, sought clarity from the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, on the […]

THE much-anticipated recount of the votes of the March 2 general and regional elections finally got started this past week. and almost from the beginning,, two things became noticeably clear: first, that GECOM was correct in opting for an audit of the votes rather than a simple recount. Secondly, it has become obvious by the […]

— Harmon says coalition watching recount process with an eagle’s eye THE A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition on Saturday made clear its position and agenda in the national recount.Since the commencement of the recount on Wednesday the party has been accused of making irrelevant objections and causing a slothful course. APNU+AFC […]

By Adam Harris THE past week has been rather hectic. Many things happened. I was threatened with legal action over my column published last week. I reported to the police to report a physical threat I received and subsequently paid three visits to Eve Leary. I hasten to state that, contrary to a report in […]

— says recount is commission-supervised AS the national recount of the March 2, 2020 elections picks up steam at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is faced with many allegations that are being disseminated to the public through specific media houses.These allegations published in some newspaper articles are purporting a narrative […]

Dear Editor: THE national recount makes it possible for this nation to resolve in a peaceful manner, whatever question exists about the electoral process . This is necessary in order for a peaceful outcome. The Order gazetted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECO,M) on 4th May, 2020 to realise this exercise must be executed to […]

PPPIC objects to disclosure of discrepancies during live broadcast – Commissioner Alexander calls for transparency to prevail By Svetlana Marshall  WITH major discrepan­cies unearthed since tbt commencement of tbt na­tional recount, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) is now up in arms against the nar­ration of the Observation Report during the live broadcast of the […]

-Top US Congressman blasts US gov’t, ambassador for interfering Guyana’s elections TOP United States Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries, has expressed concern over Washington’s interference in Guyana’s electoral process, a development which he says is “deeply troubling“ to many in the US capital. On Friday night, Jeffries, who is also Chairman of the Democratic Caucus of the […]

Dear Editor “THE greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so” – Louis Pasteur. But that is exactly how our minds work. We tend to take new information and try to fit them into pre-existing beliefs. Psychologists refer to this cognitive function as ‘confirmation bias.’ Political […]