Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, FOR some strange reason, I started to think who will lead Guyana in this pivotal phase of its history after the results of the 2020 National and Regional Elections are finally declared. Who will be Guyana’s Executive President entrusted with the enormous powers of office to lead the country amidst the great challenges […]

Dear Editor,THE usual armchair letter-writers residing abroad have surfaced, and are attempting to flag the PPP’s dead horse of a declaration of the results on the basis of the recount, despite widespread allegations of voter irregularities on Elections Day. When those supposed regularities occurred during the initial count process, few pressed for a similar declaration. […]

Dear Editor, THE APNU+AFC coalition has unearthed, in the ballot recount, a massive PPP voter- fraud scheme and thousands of fraudulent PPP ballots. The Coalition said that with 699 ballot boxes recounted, over 1500 dead people, or people who migrated and were not present in Guyana, were registered as having voted for the opposition PPP […]

…President recommits inclusionary democracy if reelected …holds out hope that PPP will join discussions SHOULD his party win the 2020 General and Regional Elections, President David Granger said that he will, once again, invite the main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), to the discussion table on shared democracy. In an interview on NCN’s Context […]

TO DATE, a total of 1,290 ballot boxes have been processed since the recount of votes cast at the General and Regional Elections commenced on May 6, 2020. With 1,049 ballot boxes left to be processed, it is clear that the 25-day timeline, which will expire on Saturday, May 30, cannot be met. The Guyana […]

-says over 90,000 votes affected thus far REVIEWI.NC tbc information coming out of98 more ballot boxes, the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has stated that it has uncovered over 300 additional numerical anomalies.  Previously, the party stated that it had reviewed 699 of the ballot boxes during the recount process […]

…AG asserts that GECOM has power to resolve the irregularities from recount process… says Chairman eminently qualified to adjudicate in these matters ATTORNEY GENERAL and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, said that GECOM has the power to resolve irregularities arising from the recount process and asserted that the chairman of the electoral body is […]

—APNU+AFC iterates cases of irregularities—-says voters expressed “disgust and anger” that rights disenfranchised THE A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has iterated its calls for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to state how and when it is going to address a number of unresolved issues coming out of the national recount […]

Dear Editor, I write with reference to an article published on the front page and page fifty (50) of the May 24th Sunday Edition of your paper captioned, “It’s court’s jurisdiction to probe election irregularities, not GECOM – Nandlall”. I respectfully contend that it is for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to resolve the irregularities, […]

Dear Editor,IT seems that PPP/C’s legal representative and political spin-doctor, Anil Nandlall, is not so certain about his opposition party winning the March 02 National and Regional Elections as they have been crowing? This observation is made against the background of a part of his press statement made last Saturday, when he alluded to the […]