Dear EditorGuyana’s fragile post-election calm from 2006 to 2015 has been revisited by the tumultuous discord of the post- 1997 and 2001 elections and now threatens to descend into the virulence and violence which followed. In this unfolding situation we are witnessing the degeneration of social cohesion initiated through peace-building efforts leading up to the […]
–President Granger says, welcomes commencement of the recount AHEAD of the National Recount, President David Granger as reiterated his long-held position that he will accept the results of the General and Regional Elections when it is declared by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “I have said, repeatedly, that I shall accept the declaration of the […]
…GECOM sticking to scrutiny of ballot boxes despite PPP protest…gazettes order which includes simultaneous counting of votes, live streaming The Order, bringing into legal effect the National Recount of the votes cast at the March 2 General and Regional Elections, was published in the Official Gazette of Guyana on Monday, May 4. The gazetting of […]
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 […]