Category: Guyana Chronicle

…GECOM chair says did not submit report based on her advice AMID multiple news stories ridiculing the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, Chairman of the commission, Justice Claudette Singh has rebuffed claims that he did not submit his report in defiance of her order. “It would be remiss of the GECOM’s Secretariat not to provide […]

– Court of Appeal to hand down ruling in elections declaration challenge on Monday – AG argues GECOM clothed itself with authority to determine ‘credible count’ using Order – but attorneys for Chair, Jagdeo, Ali tell Court subsidiary legislation can’t supersede Constitution By Svetlana Marshall IN a legal battle of words in the Court of […]

Dear EditorTHE Chairperson of GECOM rejected the case made by the three APNU+AFC commissioners that the March 2 elections be annulled on the grounds that the elections were not credible. The commissioners’ case followed the report by the chief elections officer (CEO) to the full commission in which he reported that given the widespread irregularities […]

By Adam Harris THE March 2, 2020 elections is creating many precedents for elections in Guyana. The first was a recount of the ballots. When the results were declared in March—there were two declarations, the last being on March 13—the opposition People’s Progressive Party moved to the courts to halt the swearing in of incumbent […]

Dear Editor,Mr. Dominic Gaskin executive member of the Alliance for Change (AFC) and former minister of the APNU+AFC coalition government has distinguished himself by publicly sharing his opinion that Mingo’s declarations were acts of fraud done on the behalf of the coalition. In doing so he is claimed to be a witness to the event. […]

-Ramjattan said that, despite delay in elections conclusion, the Courts will give finality APNU+AFC Prime Ministerial Candidate, Kbemraj Ramjattan bas stated that, while it is understandable that Guyanese arc eagerly awaiting a conclusion to the March 2020 Elections, going to the Courts will provide finality to fundamental questions of national importance arising out of the […]

Dear Editor, This response is about deficiencies in the CARICOM Observer Report 2020. The first debatable issue is whether its 18% (423/2,399) sample size is a valid and reliable basis for its conclusions. One school of thought argues that a sample is adequate when expanding it adds nothing new to the pattern or trend of […]

–Mayo Robertson argues in submission IN defence of his client, Eslyn David, Attorney-at-Law Mayo Robertson told the Appellate Court that Order No. 60, which legally triggered the National Recount under Article 162 of the Constitution, and Section 22 of the Elections Law (Amendment) Act, changed the dynamics of the country’s electoral process, and as such […]

…AG says GECOM has the jurisdiction to so do ATTORNEY General Basil Williams, through his Legal Counsel Maxwell Edwards, said the widespread anomalies unearthed during the National Recount, are grounds for the annulment of the General and Regional Elections held last March, and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has the jurisdiction to do so. The […]

…tells Appellate Court to strike out challenge to elections report, declaration THROUGH her attorney, Kim Kyte-Thomas, the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, said the application filed challenging GECOM’s decision to compile an Elections Report without first determining the credibility of the General and Regional Elections should be struck out […]