Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, CANADIAN journalist Brian Lilley posited that, “The idea that our election could be decided by people that don’t live here; that do live here but aren’t eligible to vote or that used to live here but are dead should worry us all.” (https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-thousands-of-canadian-voter-cards-sent-to-dead-non-citizens). Lilley was commenting on Canadian elections where a difference of […]

By Svetlana Marshall ATTORNEY-General Basil Williams on Thursday filed a cross-appeal, challenging several aspects of the High Court’s decision in the Misenga Jones case as he takes a lead role in the push to have the Recount Order invalidated, and for the March Declarations to be upheld. In his Notice of Intention to the Court […]

…lawyers to argue positions during appeal hearing Saturday….AG to file cross appeal today By Svetlana Marshall ON Saturday, the Court of Appeal will hear a series of legal arguments on an appeal challenging the High Court’s decision that the results of the General and Regional Elections must be made based on the data generated during […]

OVER 10 Members States of the Organisation of American States (OAS) have called on Guyana to swiftly conclude its electoral process which the countries agree has gone on for much longer than is acceptable. The countries made presentations at a Special Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council on Tuesday specifically to discuss the state of […]

THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in a notification on Wednesday, reminded the public that it is independent and remains uninfluenced by political and external forces. The court provided this assurance on its Facebook page where it pointed to matters relating to judgements of the court, the selection of judges and the expectations of these […]

Dear EditorI WOULD hope that this letter be read especially by the Women’s groups, and the content taken into consideration. I am not a Lawyer, but I do have some twenty-seven years in marketing through the field of advertising; enough to know that perception is not always fact, and that perception is also constructed. It’s […]

-say it is time to end electoral impasse … but stresses that only ‘valid votes’ should be used to declare results By Svrelana Marshall  EXTENDING an ‘olive branch’ to the opposition and sstakeholders that are key to the electoral pro­cess, the ruling A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition said it […]

… Min. of Foreign Affairs tells OAS Guyanese remain peaceful, patient…AG assures legal recourse best solution for Guyana “LET us be clear. The elections process that began on March 2, 2020 has not been completed and its completion rests solely in the hands of the only legal entity that can pronounce on electoral matters in […]

By Lisa Hamilton  AT a Special Meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council on Tuesday, former Prime Minister of Jamai­ca and Chief of the OAS Electoral Observer Mission (EOM) to Guyana, Bruce Golding defended the National Recount as conducted in an “impa1rtial fashion” and called for an end to Guyana elections “debacle”.  […]

A Partnership for Na­tional Unity + Alliance For Change (AP­N U+A FC) Executive Auhrey Norton, in maintaining that the National Recount Order cannot be upheld partially, said that Guyana’s electoral situation will remain disputed unless a resolution comes from the two major political parties.  Norton spoke on these matters on Tuesday while a guest on […]