Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, AS the world watches, waits and hopes to see if Guyana, and by extension the government which has won the elections, will cower, buckle and give up its victory to satisfy the interests of the “international community” comprising only of the ABCE countries, of allowing the defeated PPP/C to become the illegitimate government […]

Dear Editor,The deep socio-political and ethnic divide that has reached the surface once again in Guyana is the making of a handful of politicians who continue use racism and fear to galvanise their main support bases. Make no mistake about it, the root cause of racism in Post-Independent Guyana is not the colonial legacy of […]

Dear Editor,AS the world pivots on a pandemic that has befuddled sophisticated medical communities worldwide, rendered governments including the US, the UK, Canada, and the fractured European Union woefully underprepared, and ground much of the world to a halt, Guyana’s health is further compromised not by its government response to the Coronavirus but by a […]

…Justice Holder says court has no jurisdiction to hear case By Svetlana Marshall HIGH Court Judge Franklin Holder on Tuesday ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear an application filed by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and Reeaz Holladar to set aside the second declaration made by Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont […]

…rules that Court has no jurisdiction to hear Ulita Moore’s Case By Svetlana MarshallOVERRULING a decision by High Court Judge Franklin Holder, the Full Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear the case brought by Ulita Moore challenging the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to facilitate […]

Democracy will Prevail! Dear Editor,  FROM its inception, electoral democracy bas al­ways hem based upon the will of the majority. So it has been for centuries and so it will be for eons. Societies in which this system obtains, have always ac­cepted this reality. Today, they constitute what is now regarded as the free world.  […]

…GECOM undertakes to await High Court judgment before making any decision on the 2020 elections By Svetlana Marshall CONFRONTED by another legal action, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed to await the judgment of the High Court before proceeding with any decision that would impact the declaration of the results of the General and […]

–Dr. Hinds warns that sanctions could have damaging effects on the country By Svetlana Marshall Political Scientist, Dr. David Hinds said though the decision of the United States (US) Government to sanction Guyana comes as no surprise, it can be viewed as an attempt to influence the outcome of the latest elections case filed in […]

Dear Editor  IN a situation that inflicted blows of indecency, our understanding of democracy and human rights, one of our elders in 1953 stated, and I quote, “this confounded nonsense must stop.”  This morning, I listened to case management discussions that took place in the high Court and this statement came to mind.  I am […]

THE Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) have called for an “end to the ongoing political crisis and a transition to new government” in Guyana. In separate releases on Wednesday, the PSC stated that while recognising that “minor administrative difficulties” did occur during the national recount, it believes the […]