Category: Guyana Chronicle

…GECOM agrees to deliberate on observation reports despite PPP/C’s objections…commission to continue review of CEO’s report today By Svetlana Marshall AN attempt to shelve the Chief Elections Officer’s (CEO’s) Observation Reports, which emanated out of the National Recount, was met with objection at the level of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the basis that […]

SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has said that she welcomes the report of the CARICOM Scrutinising Team for the recount of Guyana’s March 2, 2020 elections and commended them for their brave and selfless service. “The CARICOM Observer report is clear that the recount results are completely acceptable and that nothing that the CARICOM […]

…but concludes that elections results should be declared THOUGH acknowledging that it only scrutinised 18% of the ballots counted during the recount process, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Observation Team, in its report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), said the 2020 General and Regional Elections were not without defects, but it will not thwart the […]

MAKING a case for electoral reform in Guyana, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Observation Team said, at a minimum, a new National Register of Registrant Database (NRRDB) should be generated. “As a minimum condition of electoral reform, the Team recommends that the urgent need for the total re-registration of all voters in Guyana,” the three-member observer […]

…AG defends Lowenfield’s report…says CEO executed duties in conformity with provisions of gazetted order THE contents of the Chief Elections Officer’s (CEO’s) report on the national recount have been making the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) uneasy, having already proclaimed that it won the 2020 Elections based on the numerical count of the votes. But […]

—President says opposition applied sly tactics to alter elections outcome—that bloated OLE was backbone for electoral wrongdoings WITH the report of Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield indicating that the elections were riddled with illegalities and anomalies, President David Granger said that his party has taken note of the “flaking off” strategy applied by the […]

IT should not come as any surprise to keen observers of the developments since the March 2 elections that GECOM’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has concluded that the elections did not pass the credibility test. As this publication reported yesterday, “The Chief Elections Officer submitted his report on the national recount to Chairman […]

…Lowenfield says in report; …Region Six sees highest percentage OVER 265,000 ballots cast in the General and Regional Elections have been impacted by anomalies, irregularities and voter impersonation with Region Six seeing the highest percentage of ballots being affected. These are the findings coming out of the report of the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith […]

–willfully trying to mislead on election By Lincoln Lewis IT is important for us to recognise acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire’s exposure of the Opposition’s moves in court. The case brought by the late Reeaz Holladar against Region Four Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo, which sought to have the court imprison him on charges […]

Dear Editor,CERTAINLY, Ralph Gonsalves’ recent statements on the Gazetted recount exercise, rather than being helpful must have ushered in great cause for concern. At best, what the Vincentian leader emitted is a most brazen attempt at not only interfering in the domestic affairs of a sister CARICOM state, but specifically attempting to influence the considerations […]