Dear EditorFOR Kit Nascimento to write such falsehoods, as carried by the Guyana Times of May 23, 2020, about the President’s recent visit to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) can only be reflective of a type of citizen who has descended to the cesspool level of PPP/C opposition politics; fully at home with its […]
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1,206 ballot boxes processed to date
…decisions on additional workstations, extension of recount pending With 1,133 ballot boxes from the March 2020 General and Regional Elections left to be processed, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), this week, is expected to extend the 25-day timeline for the National Recount even as it continues to explore the possibility of further increasing the number […]
Troubled waters need a solid bridge over which to cross
–our leaders must sit and talk… in order to design a system that will allow us to live in peace Dear Editor,CITIZENS and friends of Guyana at home and abroad should be thankful for Mr. Stanley Ming’s clarity in dealing with the most worrisome aspect of our recent National and Regional Elections. In an earlier […]
The truth about the PPP’s attempt to steal the election
IN politics, as in life, there are unanticipated outcomes of deliberate actions. There is, no doubt, that the PPP intended to steal the 2020 Elections from the Guyanese people. When they agreed to a recount, they must have felt that the bullying tactics which they employed, with good effect, in the early days of the […]
OP-Ed – The Coalition is silent in the face of the attacks and this is of concern to the PPP/C
By Adam Harris LIFE in Guyana has changed radically for many. Bars are almost all closed, fast-food outlets do not have lines and for sure, no school is open. Traffic has been drastically reduced on the streets and just about anyone seen walking on the streets have a mask. Forget the air travel that had […]
Shared governance still a matter of “trust” with the PPP/C
–as Teixeira’s May 20, 2020 letter in the Stabroek News implies Dear Editor,WHILE I’d expected a response from the PPP/C to President David Granger’s interview on Mark Benschop Radio, moreso his expressed interest in a new form of governance, I must confess that the response came earlier than I anticipated. If the APNU+AFC and the […]
DID we walk into an electoral deathtrap on March 2nd 2020?
It might be too early to draw sweeping conclusions on Guyana’s regional and national elections which were executed on March 2nd, 2020. This process has not been completed and numerous variables are in play that can negate any serious analysis. Be that as it may, what has unfolded thus far is so cataclysmic, it is […]
Coalition says over 80,000 votes lack credibility
PPPIC objects to GECOM probing claims By Svetlana Marshall EVEN as the alleged cases of irregularities in the General and Regional Elections climb to mort than 86, 000, the Popole’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is up in arms against the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to receive supporting evidence from the A Partnership for […]
Bloated OLE was a recipe for disaster
…Stanley Ming casts doubts on voter turnout “A list of 660,000 from a population of 750,000 is a recipe for chaos,” said well-known businessman and former MP, Stanley Ming on Thursday as he sought to voice his contention with the Official List of Electors (OLE) used in Guyana’s General and Region Elections. On August 31, […]
1,049 ballot boxes processed to date
…1,290 more to go as deadline nears With less than seven days left before the 25-day timeline expires, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has 1,290 ballot boxes left to be processed with only 1,049 completed to date. On Saturday – Day 18 of the National Recount of the General and Regional Elections – votes within […]