Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, THE Bar Association of Guyana was accredited by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as a Local Observer of the 2020 General and Regional Elections which were held on March 2, 2020. In accordance therewith, The Bar Association has been monitoring the elections process, and dispatched a team to observe the voting process on […]

-President Granger urges supporters to be patient as they await official declaration of results -hopes for some form of declaration today As anxiety continues to grow over the impending announcement of results for the 2020 General and Regional Elections, incumbent President David Granger, who is at the helm of the in A Partnership for National […]

– even as businesses return to normalcy  REGION Two residents are eagerly anticipating announcement of the results of the recently concluded General and Regional Elections. Although they are aware that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) won the region with 18,752 votes, they are still living in uncertainty as to which party will lead the […]

VOTING in Region Three kept to traditional outcome, and saw the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) maintaining its grip on the region where it won 66.1 per cent of the 72,608 valid votes cast in the General Elections in the region. The A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) received 23, 811 to also maintain […]

By Svetlana Marshall THE absence of Campaign Financing Legislation, in Guyana, is a cause for major concern, the International Electoral Observation Missions have said, even as they challenged the country to put adequate legislative systems in place to provide for transparency and accountability within political parties. Currently, financing of political parties and campaigns in Guyana […]

…verification suspended Wednesday night for want of agents…dispute over method of verification of Region 4 SOPs stalls declarations By Lisa HamiltonGUYANA awaits the verification of Statements of Poll (SOPs) belonging to polling stations in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) before the final declaration of the results of Monday’s general and regional elections, even as the process was […]

RESIDENTS of the mining town of Linden, on Wednesday, celebrated the landslide victory they delivered to the coalition with a grand motorcade that started from Amelia’s Ward and culminated at the popular ‘Five Corner’ Junction, where a grand after party was held. Another commenced at the Wisroc Junction and culminated on Burnham Drive. Scores of […]

Dear Editor,“IT was a grand day.” So says the GECOM Chair. That I agree with her.   Quiet, peaceful and calm, except for a few hiccups and skirmishes. GECOM delivered, as it said it would. Kudos to Madam Chair, Commissioners, CEO and all staff for a job well done. We now await the results.  We are confident […]

–results must be respected Dear Editor,THE Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), having observed the electoral process at some Polling Stations in parts of Regions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10, has found it, despite some minor hiccups in a few instances, to be free, fair and transparent. Overall, voters were able to cast their ballots in […]

PARLIAMENT (the legislative branch of government) continues to be the nation’s highest decision-making forum. It comprises representatives from each of the 10 administrative regions and those at the national level, in what is referred to as the national top-up list. It is the forum that makes decisions that are national in character, engages in debates […]