Elections

Region Four Elections Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo on Thursday asked the High Court to order his release from police custody. “I am advised by our Attorneys-at-Law and verily believe the same to be true that the police are in breach of the applicant’s fundamental right to his liberty…that the applicant has been detained without lawful excuse and in violation of ...

Sixteen days after Mr Joseph Harmon was co-opted to sit on the executive of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), he on Wednesday confirmed that he would be officially voted in as Opposition Leader when the National Assembly meets for the first time following the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. Appearing on an APNU+AFC coalition social media page, ...

Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his  house at Mahaicony,  his Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade said. He was arrested shortly after 3 PM at his residence at Calcutta, Mahaicony. Mr. Wade has vehemently protested the refusal by police to see his client, saying it amounted to a breach of his fundamental rights. The lawyer said initially, ...

The Chairman of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has resigned, even as that party maintains that it was not consulted on who should have been the person selected to become Parliamentarian. Mrs. Sarabo-Halley confirmed Sunday night that she has resigned from the WPA and she does not intend to revisit her decision. Asked whether she intends to remain ...

After a “comprehensive investigation” by police, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has taken over private criminal charges against Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield and Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, police said Friday. Based on complaints by Desmond Morean and Josh Kanhai,  Mr. Lowenfield and Mr. Mingo are charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and fraud. Mr. Lowenfield ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has decided to withdraw from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) unless it is given the right to pick its representative to sit in the 31-seat opposition benches. “First, we insist that the WPA be immediately accorded the right to determine who its representative on the APNU list to the National Assembly should be. Second, ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday cut back on the ‘old guard’ faces to become parliamentarians, a day after A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) also announced that it has dropped several of its older seasoned politicians from its parliamentary line-up. Notably absent from the PPP’s line-up are Neendkumar, Indra Chandrapal and Clement Rohee who are all ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-controlled A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Wednesday said the small political parties needed to demonstrate that they could garner at least 7,000 votes to secure a seat in the National Assembly. APNU is denying that there was discrimination or preferential treatment in selecting who should represent the coalition in Parliament. “It is, therefore, ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Tuesday released the coalition’s list of persons to serve as parliamentarians, and in an apparent push-back against critics who are protesting against the exclusion of veterans like party Chairman Volda Lawrence and executive member Aubrey Norton, said the new legislators reflect  youth and “the face of the future.” PNCR Leader, David Granger will ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- the largest party in the opposition coalition- on Tuesday appeared to be falling into a crisis over the omission of several key figures from the list of parliamentarians. Attorney-at-Law, James Bond decried the absence of PNCR Chairman Volda Lawrence and executive members Aubrey Norton, Gary Best and Ryan Belgrave as well as himself and ...