Category: Guyana Chronicle

…says March declarations no longer useful…CEO must comply with directives of GECOM By Svetlana MarshallCHIEF Justice (ag), Roxane George-Wiltshire, said that the results of the General and Regional Elections must be declared based on the data generated during the National Recount, effectively ruling out the notion that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) can revert to […]

Dear Editor,THERE has been much talk (mostly lip service) about constitutional reform in Guyana, but nothing has materialised. Now we have a stalemate even though it is obvious as to who won the March 2 elections. I have written letters before, published in Kaieteur News, that “Guyana needs a national front government”. (NOVEMBER 26, 2010 […]

…proposes rotated Presidency, PM, joinder party representation and more By Lisa Hamilton A GROUP of concerned Guyanese, both local and abroad, are concerned with Guyana’s political trajectory and have therefore developed the ‘Guyana Renewal Project’ which proposes an immediate period of inclusionary governance to allow for Constitutional reform. On Monday, the group shared the project […]

Dear Sir,FINALLY, the great country through its secretary of state has fulfilled its threat (about sanctions) along with the request of some Benedict Arnold, who unfortunately resides in this country. The secretary of state of that country has told our President, the President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, (that we voted for) that he […]

IT is difficult not to be struck by the morbid fear of election petitions by political parties. In circumstances where there are electoral disputes and one party is faced with the prospect of seeking remedy via an elections petition, there is unwavering reluctance until that is the only option that remains. There are a plethora […]

FOR the first time in independent Guyana the elections have attracted so much global attention. There were contentious elections during the Forbes Burnham rule and during the Bharrat Jagdeo era. But I cannot recall such global interest. Things have reached the stage where the United States has become so involved that it has introduced sanctions […]

Dear Editor THE call by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for President Granger to ‘step aside,’ even while the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues to dither over who is the winner of the March 2 elections should raise alarm bells throughout Guyana. Pompeo’s behaviour gives one the impression that he sees Guyana as an […]

Dear Editor,  ON Friday, July 18, 2020, I penned a letter, factual in its content, in relation to the underinformed pronouncements of the American Ambassador and Prime Minister Mottley, in relation to evidenced fraudulent voting in the 2020 elections. Guyana Times, on Saturday, July 19, did not carry my letter, but facilitated a response by […]

ANOTHER week of high drama as Guyana continues to bleed. Guyanese are justified in asking when will it all end? Not since the dreaded days of the inter-ethnic conflicts of the 1960s has this country been asked to endure such turmoil. The week started with the intra-GECOM disagreement between Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh and the […]

—–AG maintains Recount Order null and void ATTORNEY General Basil Williams, on Friday, argued that the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh is constitutionally bound to declare the Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change, David Granger, as the President Elect in accordance with the […]