Category: Guyana Chronicle

…NCTF says, as it approves two additional workstations for recount THE National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has given clearance to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to establish only two additional workstations due to situational findings that the commission is non-compliant with a number of COVID-19 precautionary measures. The recount is currently being conducted in the […]

…returning officers to be pulled in DAY 13 of the national recount revealed that two ballot boxes coming out from two separate polling places at the Diamond Nursery School, have their Official List of Electors (OLE) mixed up, and the numbers on the voters’ list do not correspond with the number of ballots in the […]

THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has completed the recount of 642 out of 2,339 ballot boxes as of Monday, May 18, 2020, representing 27.4 per cent of the process. Monday marked Day 13 of the national recount and also saw the completion of the recount for Region Two. There was a total of 54 ballot […]

Dear EditorFROM the outset, I must stress my steadfast conviction that APNU+AFC have, without an iota of doubt, won the March, 2020 elections. Having said that, my aim today is not to elucidate the APNU+AFC victory; rather, I will be taking that rocky path of a deep reflective contemplation, with a view to developing a […]

Dear Editor, I write in relation to an article appearing on the front page and page ten (10) of the May 17th Sunday Edition of your paper captioned, “National election recount illegal” -AG Williams, Roysdale Forde … Party will accept results- Amna Ally.From the outset I reject that I at any time said the National […]

…restates respect for constitution, GECOM’s independence PRESIDENT David Granger, in iterating a long held position, said his government will accept the result of the General and Regional Elections when it is declared by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh. “As President of Guyana and Leader of the Government, it […]

President dismisses PPP claims that gov’t using pandemic to stymie vote recount …says pandemic has already killed thousands of people By Lisa Hamilton  PRESID ENT David Granger bas dismissed allegations that the government is using the current COVID-19 situation as a means of stymieing the work of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).  Such allegations have […]

…clarifies statement to the media Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs has denied telling the media on Saturday that the current national recount is illegal and he offers clarity to his interview in a letter directed to the Kaierteur News which he said had grossly misrepresented what he actually said. Writing to the Kaieteur […]

…recount likely to move to Region Six today ACHIEVING the highest number to date, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) closed off Day 12 of the national recount with 60 ballot boxes processed and the official completion of the tabulation process of Region One. This brings the total number of ballot boxes processed to date to […]

Dear Editor,I write this letter in response to one aspect of Freddie Kissoon’s column, published in the Kaiteur News May 13, 2020 edition, captioned, “ 50 shades of David Hinds”. Editor and readers, this is not an intervention in defence of David Hinds, there is no need for me to do so since he can […]