Category: Guyana Chronicle

‘GECOM counted spoiled votes’

…APNU+AFC’s Mahipaul says National Recount riddled with illegalities NOT only was the National Recount illegal but it was conducted in an illegal manner when the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took it upon itself to count and validate ballots deemed as spoiled for more than half of the process. This was highlighted by former APNU+AFC Counting […]

‘Agreements don’t change the constitution’

…Min Ramjattan By Lisa Hamilton THE 1997 Elections in Guyana were nullified because, while the country’s leaders came to an agreement that the possession of an Identification Card should be mandatory for voting, this was contrary to the Constitution. That’s according to Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan, who went on to […]

Opposition attorneys back down

…fail to make submission on Justice Holder’s decision to dismiss Jagdeo’s Application for Mingo’s declaration to be set aside THE Opposition had vowed to rebut arguments by the Attorney General, Basil Williams, that High Court Judge Franklin Holder had ruled that any challenge to the validity of the March 13 Declaration by Region Four Returning […]

Guyana’s elections have been the greatest exercise of democracy I’ve ever witnessed

Dear EditorAS a Guyanese native, I am dismayed at the state of the 2020 elections. I’m not at all dismayed by the fact that it has been almost five months with no declaration, or by the incessant court battles. I’m disappointed but not dismayed by the myriad “irregularities” and “inconsistencies” which, to any reasonably objective […]