Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear EditorI WANT to comment on a story captioned “Election Day process so impressive that it was impossible to cheat” which was published by a local newspaper on March 31. The news story sought to explain how the European Ambassador was impressed with the various levels of safeguards in the electoral process, and that he […]

By Svetlana MarshallWITH 1,836 of the 2,339 ballot boxes already processed, the recount of votes cast at the General and Regional Elections could be completed well ahead of the June 13 deadline — if all goes well. Some 503 ballot boxes are therefore left to be processed. On Monday (Day 27), a total of 97 […]

Dear EditorThe charade must stop. The will of the Guyanese people must prevail. The notion of ‘one man, one vote’ must prevail. Only valid votes can be counted as ordered by the Court of Appeal. Disgraceful efforts by the PPP/C to threaten public servants either by informal coercion (threats of sanctions) or malicious prosecution must […]

…CCJ to hand down, next Wednesday, landmark decision on PPP/C’s elections appeal…AG tells Court it was widespread electoral fraud that warranted need for the determination of “valid votes”…maintains court has no jurisdiction to hear appeal to Court of Appeal’s decision By Svetlana MarshallNEXT Wednesday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hand down its decision […]

Dear EditorTHE recent brouhaha raised by the PPP/C in which they have sought to accuse the APNU+AFC government of ‘’large scale corruption…as Winston Jordan signed off on the transferal of land…” pertaining the vesting orders, signed off by Minister Jordan for lands at Ogle. Of course, these are accusations that have to do with the […]

Dear EditorDuring his online public briefing yesterday, PPP/C Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, stated that the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) “is the only body that can make the decision and declaration of the results”. That position mirrors what President Granger has repeatedly said since the conclusion of the March 2 elections, when the PPP/C ‘declared’ itself the […]

…Alexander says as he heads into today’s GECOM meeting By Svetlana MarshallAHEAD of today’s meeting of the Elections Commission, longstanding GECOM Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has vowed to make his voice heard, saying that there will be no silence on the push by a faction of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to dishonour the Recount Order, […]

WHEN the pens of historians attempt to document and investigate the Guyana elections 2020, it is difficult to see how questions about doubts over what exactly was the will of the Guyanese people expressed on March 2, 2020. In this, they will be compelled to castigate or pour scorn on the long delay which, if […]

Dear Editor,I am a medical consultant in Acute Medicine. One day my CEO gave me a call to inform me that there is a crisis in Accident and Emergency where many critically ill patients are awaiting beds in Acute Medicine. I was then instructed by said CEO to discharge as many patients as possible so […]

THE untimely access to the written judgment of the Full Court in the recount injunction case forced a cancellation of a planned meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday, which was aimed at charting a way forward. Explaining the same to this newspaper on Wednesday, GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, said that […]