Elections

Newly-elected President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali on Sunday promised to work towards national unity but he gave no indication of when he would reach out to the Chairman of the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), David Granger. “There is only one future and that future requires a united Guyana, that future requires a strong Guyana, ...

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Dr. Irfaan Ali was Sunday declared Guyana’s 9th Executive President by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), bring to an end 153 days of political controversy mired in a series of court cases that went as far as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). However, Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield complied with reservation ...

The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Sunday presented his report of the March 2, 2020 general ans regional elections based on the figures generated from the national vote recount. “CEO submits report to Chairperson using results of the recount of ballots cast at the General and Regional Elections,” a GECOM spokeswoman said. This move almost triggered the three pro-A ...

President David Granger on Sunday afternoon signaled that he might concede defeat after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) declares the results in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections and take his A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) allegations of electoral fraud to the High Court. “President Granger said that notwithstanding that declaration, the APNU+ AFC coalition ...

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will not be holding any talks on “the way forward” before the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) declares the results of the March 2, 2020 general elections, Jagdeo said. GECOM is expected to meet again  at 2 PM Sunday. Pro-APNU+AFC Elections Commissioner, Charles Corbin said he and his two other colleagues-Vincent Alexander and ...

Political Science Professor and candidate for A Partnership for National  Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) candidate, David Hinds on Friday announced that he has pulled his column from the privately-owned Kaieteur News newspaper, charging censorship against his criticisms of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). “With each passing week, it became more and more difficult to write in what was clearly an ...

The United States (US) on Thursday announced more visa sanctions for officials in Guyana who are “undermining democracy.” Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Western Affairs of the US State Department Mr.Michael Kozak made the announcement during a teleconference and via a tweet. This was confirmed by a repost of the statement by the local US embassy in Georgetown on it’s ...

  By Samuel Sukhnandan The Court of Appeal on Thursday by a unanimous decision upheld an earlier ruling that votes from the national recount of ballots must be used to declare the results of the March, 2020 general and regional elections in Guyana. It dismissed the appeal filed by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) agent Ms. Misengna Jones who in ...

By Samuel Sukhnandan With just one more day left before the Guyana Court of Appeal hands down its decision on whether the recounted votes should be used to declare a winner of the March 2020 elections, there are concerns that the matter could be stalled because the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be heading into recess. But according to ...

About 100 supporters of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday targeted several foreign and local institutions in the first wave of targeted protests over the election results. They chanted outside the American Embassy, Guyana Court of Appeal, the business place owned by the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). ...