Category: Guyana Chronicle

…COVID-19 Task Force advises GECOM against increasing workstations THE National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Thursday advised the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) against establishing additional workstations at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) in the interest of public safety amid the COVID-19 epidemic. “Conscious of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) nature and scope of activities […]

…Alexander says elections results will not be declared based on ballots recounted…insists observation report will be examined to determine credibility of polls WHILE in principle the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is leaning towards June 13 as the new deadline for the completion of the national recount as proposed by the Elections Secretariat, it remains deeply […]

Dear Editor,TODAY marked 100 days since Guyanese ventured to the polls, as is their democratic right, and exercised their franchise so that Guyana can continue on the path towards development. (A good life for all). Unfortunately, as I penned this letter, an audit/re-count of an historic General and Regional Elections which was agreed upon through […]

…Coalition submits list of persons who were not in country but listed as voted…says feedback from Immigration Department favourable One day after it was disclosed that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has initiated an investigation into allegations that Guyanese, who were out of the jurisdiction on Elections Day, are marked as having voted, the A […]

Day 24 of the National Recount of the votes at the General and Regional Elections came to a close with 82 ballot boxes being processed, thereby taking the total number of ballot boxes processed to date to 1, 555. There are an overall total of 2,339 ballot boxes, and with 1,555 completed, there remain 784 […]

Dear Editor,THE credibility of Guyana’s 2020 general elections is now under question, with both major contesting parties accusing each other of electoral fraud. This even though the elections were monitored by several recognised international groups. The APNU/AFC is arguing that the opposition rigged the election at the polling stations, while the PPP/C is claiming that […]

Dear Counsel, YOUR purported legal letter of May 28, 2020 to Mr. Louis Crawford, the Registrar of Guyana, is stunning and embarrassing to the legal fraternity in Guyana and the entire family of practitioners of Commonwealth jurisprudence. Actually, your letter resembles a press statement regurgitated from the words and talking points of leader of Opposition, […]

Dear Editor,THESE days, the appeal I made some time ago, and the position taken by the likes of Dr. David Hinds is that the time is ripe for some of our leaders to stop beating the war drums and saber-rattling but rather sit down and talk to find a modus vivendi to save our beloved […]

…seeks immigration records of persons listed as voted…PPP/C objects, threatens court action if Commission proceeds IN an effort to confirm or negate allegations that Guyanese who were out of the jurisdiction during the conduct of the March 2,2020 General and Regional Elections are marked as voted, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has requested immigration records […]

Dear Editor,I SERVED in the GDF for 20 years, and today I am a proud Veteran. I was president of the Ex-GDF Association from 2008 to 2014, and now I am president of the Guyana Veterans Legion. I represent Veterans in Guyana, and look after their interest. Our serving soldiers and other members of the […]