Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear EditorTHE Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) recent call for the Guyana Elections Commission(GECOM) to declare the official results of the March 02, national and regional elections, without awaiting the hearing and result of the current judicial process about to engage the Guyana Court of Appeal, is another example of the frantic assault […]

…SC Jeremie tells Appellate Court results of elections must be declared using ROs’ declarations…GECOM Chair disagrees, pleads with Court not to aid and abet in electoral fraud…Appeal Court to hand down its decision on Thursday By Svetlana Marshall IN a legal battle of words that spanned more than five hours on Saturday, former Attorney General […]

India bas added its voice to the numerous calls for an “early” conclusion to the local electoral process.  GUYANESE went to the polls over four months ago, on March 2, but they are yet to receive the results of the General and Regional Elections. “India has been closely following developments of the General and Regional […]

Dear EditorFOR Ms. Gail Teixeira to surmise that it will take several years to repair the damage that she claims has occurred from the current impasse, is as misleading as it is dedicated to paint a totally false picture of Guyana. Firstly, her statement(s), always false and primed with lies in typical communist mode, suggests […]

A SMALL group of Guyanese is petitioning the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, to resign.In a letter addressed to Justice Singh, the small group of signatories said that, while President David Granger had placed confidence in the GECOM Chair, they are currently dissatisfied with a number of decisions taken […]

Dear EditorTHE three private criminal charges of alleged felony and misconduct brought against Keith Lowenfield, Chief Elections Officer (CEO), pertaining to the execution of his duties can tomorrow happen to any public servant. This includes the headmaster/mistress, general manager, supervisor, chief medical officer, et al. That person may be you, a family member, or someone […]

ATTORNEY-General Basil Williams on Saturday maintained that the re­sults of the 2020 General and Regional Elections can only be declared by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on the solt advice of Chief Elec­tions Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield. The Chief Elections Of­ficer, in his latest Elections Report, had advised the Elections Commission that the A Partnership […]

—attorneys say case political, personal, of nuisance value CHIEF Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, was granted $450,000 bail on Friday, following his appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to three private criminal charges brought against him for alleged fraud and misconduct. However, lawyers representing the CEO blasted the prosecutors for being ill-prepared, attempting […]

Dear Editor,IT is without doubt that any process where there is a continuous change in standards will forever produce nothing but confusion. In my humble opinion this is exactly what is playing out in our elections. The sad reality that I’ve come to accept, is that the moving goalpost is not down to the natives, […]

By Lincoln Lewis THE Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Order 60 of 2020 dated 4th and 29th May embarked, as stated in said Order, on a national recount of all 10 electoral districts in agreement with the President, Leader of the Opposition and all contesting political parties as “a means of assuaging the contesting parties and […]