Category: Guyana Chronicle

Elections 2020 Unable to determine a credible count

GECOM must now nullify elections currently overtaken by allegations of fraud – Lewis MARRED by widespread allegations of fraud, Guy­ana’s 2020 General and Regional Elections is be­yond repair, and therefore, cannot be salvaged, Veteran Trade Unionist Lincoln Lewis said as he joined calls for there to be no declaration of the results of the highly […]

An abuse of process

…Ramjattan says Lowenfield should sue for malicious prosecution WHEN the matter of the private criminal charges brought against him has made its passage through the Court, Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, should bring a tort of malicious prosecution against those who took him to court without probable cause and with malicious intent. This is […]

This attempt to impugn Lowenfield’s character shouldn’t be allowed to proceed

Dear Editor,IT is with colossal alarm that I note the pernicious “private criminal charges” against a statutory officer of rectitude in the person of Mr. Keith Lowenfield. Such is his reward for acting in consonance with the Constitution of Guyana. Should this travesty and perversion of justice be allowed to proceed, the same would be […]

Small parties stand by GECOM chair

-say petition for her resignation unwarranted  THE Liberty and Justice Party (L.JP), The New Movement (TNM) and the United Republican Party (URP) have come out in support of Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh and against calls for her resignation.  Recently, a small group of Guyanese petitioned for Singh to […]

‘Second declaration was never invalidated’

-AG males clear amid attempts by PPP/C’s lawyers ta mislead Appellate Court AN attempt by the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) to mislead the Court of Appeal on the March 13 Declaration made by Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo was shut down by the Attorney-General, Basil \Villiams, who made it clear that that […]

Time for Dialogue

THIS past week, the APNU+AFC announced that it was prepared to enter into dialogue with any of the opposition political parties. This announcement , described as an “olive branch” by this publication, came against the background of concerns that the longer the impasse arising out of the March 2 elections continues, the more the stability […]