Elections
Guyana’s electoral system strong to prevent rigging – Carter Center
Minister of State and General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Social Protection...
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GECOM’s Alexander rubbishes Jagdeo’s house-to-house rigging claims
Vincent Alexander. One of Guyana's governing coalition-appointed Elections Commissioners, Vincent Alexander, has slammed Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for accusing the...
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OPINION: After all the powder, colour and water
By GHK Lall After all the malingering, mongering, and mismanaging (of truths and expectations), this could be a case of...
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Granger, Jagdeo still tussling over polling date after Carter Center proposal
FLASHBACK: Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo meeting with President David Granger. President David Granger appeared to be holding out for general...
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BREAKING: Carter Centre proposes activating law to remove names of overseas-based Guyanese from voters’ list to facilitate elections in August
Jason Carter of the Carter Centre speaking to reporters outside the Guyana Elections Commission. The United States' Carter Centre on...
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Jagdeo says GECOM, coalition plot to rig elections through updating voters’ list
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday accused the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of conspiring with the...
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Democratic governance, “independent and active” civil society necessary – US envoy
United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch addressing the AMCHAM-Guyana reception. In the background is AMCHAM-G President, Zulfikar Ally. United...
Read moreDetailsGECOM Chairman tells President general elections possible in November; PPP elections commissioners say there’s no law, policy for house-to-house registration
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), James Patterson, has informed President David Granger that general elections should be...
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Britain calls for urgent political solution ahead of Court of Appeal ruling
British High Commissioner, Greg Quinn, addressing the formal opening of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Georgetown Chamber of...
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GECOM avoids ERC questions on alleged race-based employment practices
Left to Right: Major General Norman McLean, Reverend John Smith, Ruth Howard and Norris Witter. The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC)...
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