Elections
Dominica PM wins elections, promises to start electoral reform within first 100 days
Roosevelt Skerrit. Incumbent Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit Friday night claimed victory for his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) and he immediately...
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General elections timetable on track -GECOM commissioners
United States Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch speaking with election commissioners Vincent Alexander and Desmond Trotman. The March 2020 general and regional...
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GECOM has not considered voting by disabled in 2020
Ganesh Singh of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) and Election Commissioner, Vincent Alexander. The Guyana...
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OPINION: New political arrivals: the other side of their existence
by GHK Lall As is now an almost reflexive aspect of election traditions in Guyana, there has been the usual...
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GECOM poised to scrap supplementary voters list of persons who haven’t collected ID cards
Pro-coalition elections commissioners Desmond Trotman, Vincent Alexander and Charles Corbin. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) seemed set to scrap its...
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Parliament’s dissolution seems closer
The dissolution of Parliament now appears sooner as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it does not need any more...
Read moreDetailsOPINION: Manifestos: exhibitions in political pornography
by GHK Lall What is a manifesto, other than a collection of words and a rush of marketing messages? What...
Read moreDetailsOPINION: No longer about the lesser of two evils, just the plainness of two evils
by GHK Lall The opposition should be delighted with where it is positioned today, how it is well-poised for that...
Read moreDetailsNominations Day for general elections is January 10, 2020
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has named January 10, 2020 as Nominations Day for parties to submit the names of...
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PPP’s Irfan Ali appeals to PNCR-led coalition supporters for a hearing
PPP Presidential candidate, Irfan Ali speaking at a press mini-launch of its manifesto for the 2020 general elections. Presidential candidate...
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