…Alexander says recounting process will look into a range of issues….GECOM to decide on number of workstations to be used today By Svetlana Marshall HAVING visited the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), today, is expected to decide on the number of workstations needed to facilitate the national recount – a […]
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GECOM needs to be mindful
Dear Editor,Further to my letter of April 12, 2020 in which a call was made for the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to adopt the chief elections officer (CEO)’s final report for the March 2, 2020 declared election results, permit me to posit some added reasons. A few days after the General Elections […]
New recount plan likely today
TODAY, the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, is expected to submit his revised operational plan for the national recount to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The Elections Commission, chaired by Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, had expected that the modified plan would have been tabled on Tuesday, however, the CEO sought further clarification. Nonetheless, the […]
‘GECOM goes back to CARICOM’
…requests high-level team for recount exercise By Svetlana Marshall CHAIRPERSON of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh has written the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to request the presence of and ascertain CARICOM’s willingness to have its high-level team return to Guyana during the execution of a National […]
GECOM cannot violate the law to facilitate a recount
Dear Editor ON March 22, 2020, the Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA) vetoed GECOM’s plan to execute the CARICOM pact to recount votes cast in the March 2, 2020 elections. The CoA held that the agreement, which was ratified by President David Granger, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and the CARICOM Secretary General, was unconstitutional. This […]
There Is More To It Than The Fight For Democracy, PPP.
Dear Editor, PLEASE allow me a space to share my views and I think many will also feel the same and have the same view as to what has been happening since the March 2020 elections.Let me say clearly that this fight that many are calling the fight for democracy is untrue, it is a […]
Recount of votes is akin to elections petition through the backdoor
Dear Editor,IT seems like open season for ‘open letters’! As such, I’ve decided to pen my open letter to the Madam Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh. Madam Chairperson, you may not know me, and I’ve never met you. Nevertheless, I feel obliged to write this open letter to you. Please […]
Commonwealth urges GECOM to adhere to CCJ direction, declare elections results
SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to adhere to the directions given by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to conclude Guyana’s elections so that the country can fully refocus on its governance.In a release on Sunday, she welcomed the July 9, 2020 statement from the Chairman of […]
PPP/C’s criticism of 156-day recount proposal malicious – Alexander
GUYANA Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, has stated that, while all sorts of criticism have been levelled against the Commission in the past, the most recent, condemning Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, for the 156-day proposal is “unfounded, ridiculous and malicious”. In a letter to the Editor, Alexander said that the mere fact […]
PPPC PROPOSAL RESPONSIBLE FOR 156 DAYS RECOUNT
Dear Editor,THE length of time that it will take to recount the ballots in the 2020 General and Regional Elections is a direct result of the PPP’s proposal to have two commissioners (one APNU+AFC and one PPP/C) at every counting station. This proposal which the PPP/C made and then suddenly gets amnesia is the source […]