Category: Kaieteur News

 Jul 01, 2020  News Private criminal charges were filed yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts against Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield by two private citizens, for his conduct during the electoral process. Both charges revolve around Lowenfield’s presentation of false results to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). One informant, Daniel Josh Kanhai has accused Lowenfield of […]

 Jul 01, 2020  News By Mikaila Prince Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo has denounced the recent statements issued by de facto President David Granger regarding the country’s electoral impasse and its slow progress. During a virtual press conference conducted yesterday, Jagdeo labelled Granger’s utterances as “actually wrong and in many cases, […]

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will today hold a singular hearing for the recount case, filed before it by People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali, to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the case of Eslyn David v. the Guyana Elections Commission. The matter is ultimately about the […]

 Jul 01, 2020  News – say “complaints of irregularities, fraudulent votes came after Coalition realized they lost” With Guyana’s electoral process still incomplete after 121 days, nine Caribbean Scholars have added their voice to calls for de facto President David Granger to concede to his lost at the March 2, 2020 Elections, demit office and allow […]

Jun 06, 2020  News On Day 31 of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete an additional 76 ballot boxes, with the opposition PPP gaining now 16,000 lead votes over the incumbent APNU+AFC. This now increases the total number of recounted ballot boxes to 2,172, with 167 remaining to be counted.GECOM’s […]

Jun 06, 2020  News Coalition Campaign Co-Chair , Joseph Harmon is yet again raising unsubstantiated claims about the credibility of the March 2 general and regional elections. During a briefing with the press held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre yesterday Harmon faced a series of questions about his views. Harmon claimed, “when we are looking […]

Jun 06, 2020  News – Cites fair reporting by Kaieteur and Stabroek News With just estimated days left before the end of the recount exercise, the European Union Observer Mission yesterday released a damning final report that had condemnations for the Guyana Election Commission post-poll behaviour, mixed reviews of the behaviour of other players, but commendation […]

 Jun 06, 2020  News – invites separate submission from ANUG GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has upheld a decision by CEO Keith Lowenfield presenting any reference to Clairmont Mingo’s fraudulent vote tabulation in recount observer reports, but has invited a separate submission from A New and United Guyana (ANUG) on Mingo’s actions. During an interview […]

 Jun 06, 2020  News – Commission to meet on way forward today By Shikema Dey The Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), headed by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, yesterday passed a directive that ballot boxes from District Four will not be counted or tabulated for lack of official statutory documents. Approximately, 29 ballot […]

 Jun 06, 2020  News With hours left before the national recount of the March 2nd general and regional elections concludes, Guyana’s western partners are reminding the country’s leaders to recognize the results of the recount, in keeping with their commitment. The joint statement came from the Ambassador of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch; the […]