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Monthly Archives: June 2020

BREAKING: GECOM Chairman to decide this afternoon on use of recount data

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 14:08 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh is Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30 PM expected to decide whether to instruct Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield  to use the recount data to compile a report for declaration of the long-awaited results of the March 2, ...

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Pro APNU+AFC Commissioner seeks to discredit CARICOM vote recount report

Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2020, 17:27 by Denis Chabrol Pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Monday sought to discredit the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) national vote recount report, while suggesting that the Elections Commission (GECOM) might make a “pronouncement” on the March 2, 2020 elections by weekend. “The CARICOM report is a basic electoral report. I don’t think the ...

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OAS calls on GECOM Chair to declare PPP winner and for APNU+AFC to hand over power

Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2020, 14:55 by Denis Chabrol The Organisation of American States (OAS) on Monday called on the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) the winner of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections in line with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) scrutinised recount and the tabulated  results ...

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Guyana “needs fresh voters list”; “political audit” of GECOM before massive overhaul- CARICOM team

Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2020, 14:31 by Denis Chabrol The three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team of scrutineers of the just concluded  national vote recount is recommending that the next government conducts a “political audit” of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and a fresh registration of all voters. “A political audit of GECOM (its successes and failing and the ...

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Updated: CARICOM recount shows elections reflect the will of the people

Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2020, 14:29 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that scrutinised the recount of the more than 460,000 valid votes cast says the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections reflected the choice of the electorate in who should run the affairs of Guyana for the next five years. “Overall, while we acknowledge ...

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ANUG cites GECOM-APNU+AFC complicity, as Granger eyes scrapping of elections

Last Updated on Monday, 15 June 2020, 9:05 by Denis Chabrol Even as President David Granger said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) would possibly scrap the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections due to massive electoral fraud, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has reiterated that that is not constitutionally possible. Granger– who backed the Chief Elections Officer Keith ...

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PPP rules out returning to Parliament to approve cash for almost broke govt; says state of emergency impossible

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 June 2020, 19:07 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Sunday ruled out returning to Parliament to  approve funds for government spending if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) invalidates the March  2, 2020 general and regional elections. “For the avoidance of doubt, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) wishes to make it abundantly clear ...

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Granger scolds Gonsalves for “stealing an election” and “take your licks like a man” remarks

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 June 2020, 16:23 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Sunday slammed Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves for his disrespectful remarks that he should have taken his electoral defeat at the March 2, 2020 polls quietly. “Certainly, as the Head of State, I ...

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President Granger hints at State of emergency if elections are scrapped because govt needs money

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 June 2020, 13:12 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Sunday hinted that a state of emergency would have to declared to pave the way for the reconvening of a Parliament and the approval of funds for government spending, if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) scraps the March 2, 2020 general and elections. “It is ...

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APNU+AFC, PPP at loggerheads over “valid votes” in Chief Elections Officer’s report

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 June 2020, 10:18 by Denis Chabrol A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are haggling with each other over what should be the valid votes following Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield’s report to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Claudette Singh. PPP executive member, Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall ...

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