Category: Guyana Chronicle

…call on parties, citizens to respect results of polls EVEN as it praised Guyana for the successful and peaceful conduct of General and Regional Elections on Monday, the Diplomatic Community called on Guyanese to respect the results when they are made public by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “It is important to give GECOM time […]

.. secures over 19,000 of the 22,808 votes By Vantssa Braithwaitt  REGION TEN bas, once again, proven to be a strong bast of the All ‘NU+AFC, as the electorate has delivered a landslide victory for the Coalition at tbt March 2nd polls. Unofficial declaration of the results shows that the APNU+AFC secured ap. proximately 19,000 […]

Meanwhile, in reacting to the coalition’s statement, the People’s Progressive Party said it notes the release of a statement from the APNU+AFC Coalition urging Guyanese to remain calm and patient until the official declaration of results from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections. “The party also believes that Guyanese must remain calm and […]

of two ballot boxes in Region 3 ASSISTANT Elec­tions Agent for Re­gion Three (Essequibo  Islands-West Demerara), .John Adams, says be will be writing the Region’s Returning Officer, Mobanlall Jagdeo for a recount of two ballot boxes from 􀀹Vest Coast Demerara polling stations, follow­ing allegations of Disciplined Ser ices ballots not being counted and another of […]

Dear EditorON Election Day, Monday, March 2, 2020, operatives of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) allegedly attempted to commit election fraud and violence. This attempt to engender destabilisation was foiled. Moreover, 12 men were arrested in Alberttown, Georgetown, near polling stations at the St. Ambrose Primary School. In the 1997 elections, PPP agents were accused […]

…delay declaration of elections results WHILE the declaration of Statements of Poll (SOPs) from the majority of the Administrative Regions went unhindered, there were some challenges in far-out Regions related to weather and administrative issues which caused delays in timely Elections 2020 results. Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield told the media on Tuesday morning […]

THE APNU+AFC Coalition has strongly condemned what it described as the reckless and irresponsible statement issued by the opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday evening, claiming that moves are afoot to destroy State records. “The statement is based on absolute falsehoods and manufactured information, and is clearly designed to excite and incite the public. It […]

ASSISTANT Elections Agent for Re­gion Three, ,John Adams, on Tuesday, confirmed th.at the verification of votes in that region has been completed and declared by the Region’s Returning Officer, Mobanlall Jagdeo, where au approximately 67 per cent voter turn­out is said to have been recorded.  Adams, at the time, could not say what the results […]

WEDNESDAY’S recount of the votes cast at the General and Regional Elections, saw 86 ballots from a single Polling Station in Sophia, Georgetown being deemed rejected – 83 from the General Elections and three (3) for the Regional Elections. The records show that on March 2, 2020, 184 electors from a list of 256 turned […]

Dear EditorSOME forty years ago as a student of law at UWI, I bought one of Lord Denning’s literary master pieces. It is titled “The Discipline of Law.” At page 26, there is a strange sub-heading- “unusual common sense”. That great jurist with accustomed erudition elucidates why to be truly right might require that you […]