AG tells CCJ maintains that PPP-C’s appeal cannot be heard due to lack of jurisdiction By Svetlana Marshall ATTORNEY Central, Basil Williams, in maintaining that the Caribbean Court of .Justice (CCI) bas no jurisdiction to entertain the application filed by the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) challenging the Court of Appeal’s interpretation of the Constitution, […]
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City Mayor, CIOG call for swift swearing in of elections winners
THE Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG)and the Mayor of Georgetown have separately called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to fulfil its constitutionally mandated duty and declare the winner of the 2020 elections as soon as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has made its ruling. In a statement Monday, the CIOG President Shahabudeen […]
Calls for conceding and the CEO report
SOMETHING happened that has apparently brought us closer to the end of the current electoral road. After the Court of Appeal made its landmark ruling on Monday last, the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield, dispatched his report to the Elections Commission based on a calculation of the valid votes cast at the election. That report […]
Criminal charges filed against GECOM Chair
PRIVATE criminal charges have been filed against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, for alleged malfeasance in public office. The charges, filed by two citizens in the Georgetown Magisterial District on Wednesday, are all linked to the Chairperson’s handling of the 2020 Elections, inclusive of the highly controversial National […]
Where even the Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction, and cannot tread, who in GECOM can?
Dear Editor I refer to a front page banner spread (with inset) in Saturday June 27 edition of the Guyana Chronicle under Caption: “CEO STANDS BY REPORT ON VALID VOTES”. His critics (notably Ramkarran, SC) are not only manifestly wrong in law, but specious in their blinkered, persistently incredulous criticism of the CEO. And, even […]
The duplicity of the PPP/C
Dear Editor,Reference is made to a very acerbic letter from Mr. Anil Nandalall continuing the very dangerous racial rhetoric about the staff make-up of the Guyana Elections Commission.Mr. Nandalall, like so many of his other colleagues, conveniently speaks about matters like these, but it can be expected from a party whose leader is currently before […]
Stabroek News seeking to obfuscate the CEO’S constitutional official functions
Dear EditorThe Stabroek News, June 26 story titled, “Lowenfield report seen as clear act of insubordination.” a section, of which described the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, as having flouted the Constitutional requirements; that he should only act in conformity with the laws, and that his action is a “clear act of insubordination’’, Guyana Chronicle, […]
Show some leadership PPP/C
Dear Editor,In a time of crisis a leader is expected to lead. A leader is expected to show leadership. A leader is expected to carry the weight of the Nation on his shoulders. A leader is expected to unite. A leader is expected to console; Consoler in Chief. For over two painful decades, we saw […]
‘Guyanese want credible results’
….Harmon tells people of the Region A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Campaign Manager, Joseph Harmon said while the regional and international communities have weighed in on Guyana’s Elections, Guyanese have been paying keen interest, and have long established the position that any result declared by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) […]
GECOM must explain the over 100,000 invalid ballots, Stanley Ming says
–finds CEO’s final report ‘factual’ LOCAL businessman Stanley Ming has said that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have to explain how 100,000 invalid ballots got into boxes at the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections, since the report by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield represents the reality of Guyana’s voting population. Ming […]