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Elections

APNU+AFC will be consulted on electoral reforms, says PPP

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says the main opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) will be consulted about Guyana’s electoral reform but government will drive the process with help from organisations like the International Republican Institute (IRI). “It is downright naïve for anyone to think that such a process can be undertaken without the input of ...

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IRI has no credibility to fix Guyana’s electoral process- WPA

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday called for the International Republican Institute (IRI) electoral reform project to be discarded because the United States (US) does not have any credibility to do so. “We think it is an insult to Guyanese political intelligence that an organization so closely linked to the USA establishment and to one of its major political ...

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CCJ’s role in Guyana’s elections should be reduced- Granger

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger has said the laws should be amended to reduce the role of the  Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Guyana’s elections. “I am of the view that in internal electoral matters, we need to strengthen the role of our own Court of Appeal and my own interpretation before the CCJ’s ...

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Chief Elections Officer to file arguments in DPP, Police Commissioner’s request for Statements of Poll, Recount

Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes on Friday filed initial court papers to represent the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield in the quest by the Police Commissioner and the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Registrar to produce and release “true copies” of the Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount for the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. Chief Justice Roxane ...

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Alexander, Gunraj differ on need for Harmon, Ali or parliamentary constitutional reform committee approval of US-funded electoral reform project

The opposition-nominated Election Commissioners are opposed to the US-funded electoral reform project unless GECOM gets approval from the opposition and government or the parliamentary Constitutional Reform Committee , according to Election Commissioner Vincent Alexander. The project implementer,  the International Republican Institute (IRI), has identified the major focal points as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Attorney General Chambers and Civil Society ...

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GECOM asks High Court to throw out election petition

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday told an opposition-associated High Court election petition hearing that that elections management authority did nothing wrong by formulating a recount order because difficulties had plagued the March 2, 2020 general and regional election process. “Even if your Ladyship may find a breach, then there were no consequences which effected the conduct or result ...

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Chief Elections Officer hands over Statements of Poll, Recount to High Court

Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Wednesday handed over the Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount to the Registrar of the High Court. Mr. Lowenfield confirmed that the documents were being handed over in accordance with a High Court order. This is in keeping with an order by the Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire that this be done for safe-keeping.  ...

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High Court orders GECOM to hand over Statements of Poll, Recount for safekeeping

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday ordered the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hand over its Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount to the High Court for safe-keeping pending the hearing and determination of an opposition election petition about the constitutionality of the recount order. “The Statements of Poll and the Statements of Recount are to be produced to ...

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High Court dismisses APNU+AFC election petition

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday ruled that one of the election petitions which challenge the actual  results that were declared was dismissed because  that petition was served late to Representative of the List for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), David Granger. “The late service of P 99/2020 on the second named respondent amounted to non-service on ...

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Auditor General recommends police probe into GYD$170 million lawyers’ fees for political court cases

Auditor General Deodat Sharma says procurement procedures were not followed by the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration to hire local and foreign lawyers to fight a series of political court cases from December, 2018 to July, 2020. Other cases for a number of government agencies were also cited in the total bill of GYD$170,828,203. The ...

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