Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, AS the world watches, waits and hopes to see if Guyana, and by extension the government which has won the elections, will cower, buckle and give up its victory to satisfy the interests of the “international community” comprising only of the ABCE countries, of allowing the defeated PPP/C to become the illegitimate government […]

Dear Editor,The deep socio-political and ethnic divide that has reached the surface once again in Guyana is the making of a handful of politicians who continue use racism and fear to galvanise their main support bases. Make no mistake about it, the root cause of racism in Post-Independent Guyana is not the colonial legacy of […]

Dear Editor,AS the world pivots on a pandemic that has befuddled sophisticated medical communities worldwide, rendered governments including the US, the UK, Canada, and the fractured European Union woefully underprepared, and ground much of the world to a halt, Guyana’s health is further compromised not by its government response to the Coronavirus but by a […]

…Justice Holder says court has no jurisdiction to hear case By Svetlana Marshall HIGH Court Judge Franklin Holder on Tuesday ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear an application filed by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and Reeaz Holladar to set aside the second declaration made by Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont […]

…rules that Court has no jurisdiction to hear Ulita Moore’s Case By Svetlana MarshallOVERRULING a decision by High Court Judge Franklin Holder, the Full Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear the case brought by Ulita Moore challenging the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to facilitate […]

Democracy will Prevail! Dear Editor,  FROM its inception, electoral democracy bas al­ways hem based upon the will of the majority. So it has been for centuries and so it will be for eons. Societies in which this system obtains, have always ac­cepted this reality. Today, they constitute what is now regarded as the free world.  […]

By Navendra Seoraj PRESIDENT David Granger has again committed to respecting and complying with any declaration made by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).It has been almost 20 weeks since Guyanese went to the polls, but a result of the General and Regional Elections is yet to be declared by the Elections Commission. And, it was […]

Dear Editor,I SPENT the past two weeks reflecting deeply, and moreso last weekend, reflecting on the negative impact of our leadership, both past and present; and I have concluded that our men have failed us as leaders, and President David Granger and the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo are continuing to fail us. Our […]

…grants 24-hour stay By Svetlana Marshall IN a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Court of Appeal, in upholding the judgment of the High Court, ruled that there can be no challenge to the legality of the National Recount or the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to set aside the 10 Declarations made in […]

…expresses disappointment with Court of Appeal ruling CAMPAIGN Manager of the APNU+AFC, Joseph Harmon, said on Thursday that his party is disappointed with the ruling of the Court of Appeal as it believes that the judgements were not “sound in law”. On the other hand, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat […]