Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear EditorI have no doubt that the results as declared reflect the will of the people. GECOM’s messy post-E-day performance in Region 4, however, has marred the coalition’s victory. As such, there should be no resistance to the calls for a recount. The coalition, I would advise, should even insist on one. It has nothing […]

THE General Elections (Observers) Act provides stipulations for the presence of observers at elections. Section 3 (1) states that the President may, after consultation with the Chairman of the Elections Commission, invite persons from outside Guyana to visit Guyana for the purpose of observing the democratic processes of the State as enshrined in the Constitution, […]

Dear Editor,May I remind all of us that slavery and indentured servitude ended as recently 70 years ago in Guyana.  Our people were brought to the shores of this country we now call Guyana by the ancestors of the very international observers who are now trying their best to foster instability by meddling in our […]

Dear Editor, I’VE been watching the PPP’s attacks on the female head of GECOM, shortly after her appointment! I’ve written several letters to the press, prior to the elections, which highlighted this fact! I believe the objective of the PPP was to project Madame Justice Claudette Singh as incompetent and incapable of carrying out the […]

….says these bodies have shown contempt tor CJ’s ruling and GECOM THE Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said it is deeply concerned by the statement made by Mr. Alexander Matus, Deputy Head of the European Union (EU) Observers Mission, de­manding that District Four Returning Officer of the Guyana Elections Com­mission (GECOM), band over legal documents […]

…as Region Four votes finally declared After more than a week of confrontations and legal actions, the votes for District Four for the General and Regional Elections were finally declared by the Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo on Friday night, amid heavy police presence at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) High Street, Kingston Headquarters. According to […]

CHIEF Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire, on Friday, said the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, must produce the statements of poll (SOPs) during the tabulation of votes for his electoral district, as she offered greater clarity to her March 11 judgment. “The statement of poll has to be shown,” Justice George-Wiltshire said. At the […]

Dear Editor,This letter is being dictated in the midst of uncertainty as we await the results of our 2020 elections. It is also written as we approach the proverbial ‘Ides of March.’This was a time in the Roman calendar that the Mighty Julius Caesar ignored warnings to stay indoors. He ventured out and this led […]

…questions objectivity of Bruce Golding The APNU+AFC Coalition said it has taken note of the statement issued on Friday by the Organization of American States Observer Mission to Guyana and that it is alarmed by the missive. “The APNU+AFC is alarmed by what purports to be a wholly partisan statement which fails to take into […]

Dear Editor,  The Justice For All Party is one of the six parties in the coalition.  We do believe in democracy and will not stand for misconduct by any party. Th.is is why we waited for the official count to be completed. It is absolutely essential that there be transparency in the process that GECOM […]