Elections

The National Recount of Votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections ended on Monday, 8th June, 2o20. As we recall, President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo agreed to a total national recount after raging controversy over claims of electoral fraud during the tabulation of the votes. At the end of the 33 day-long exercise ...

The national recount of votes cast in  Guyana’s March 2, 2020 general elections wrapped up on Sunday with A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) calling for thousands of ballots countrywide to be invalidated and prompting the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to insist that only a successful High Court petition can do that. “The votes which cannot be validated ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Sunday night shunned the idea of executive power-sharing but pledged its commitment to inclusive governance and no discrimination against political opponents, shortly after the national recount unofficially gave that party  a 13,069‬ vote lead ahead of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). “I, personally, would not like to work with some of these ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Sunday decided to include the 29 boxes of ballots, which were not accompanied by supporting documents, in the tabulation, much to the disappointment of one pro-elections commissioner. “The Commission has decided to include the SoRs (Statements of Recount) for the ballot boxes with missing documents in the tabulation exercise. It was noted that the ...

Six hours after President David Granger again assured Guyanese that he would accept a declaration of the March 2, 2020 general and regional election results, the coalition he leads indicated that it was only prepared to accept results of 75,707 votes so far counted for  itself and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in all areas except the East Coast Demerara. ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Saturday said its investigation into the whereabouts of documents for 29 boxes of ballots has hit a stumbling block because several Deputy Returning Officers who worked from Ogle to Lusignan did not turn up for a meeting with the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield. The Deputy Returning Officers, according to GECOM, had promised to ...

President David Granger on Saturday highlighted the importance of a report on the national vote recount by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team of scrutineers, even as he alluded to an apparent “pattern” of irregularities. “It is expected that, given the exceptional interest of the CARICOM Heads of Government and the extraordinary exertions of the CARICOM scrutinizing team, their ‘report’ which ...

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Saturday suggested that the Elections Commision call in the police to investigate alleged electoral fraud stemming from the absence of documents from 29 boxes of ballots. At the same time, Amna Ally, on behalf of APNU+AFC election agent Joseph Harmon, told GECOM Chairman Claudette Singh, acknowledged that her coalition ...

The Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) administration is Saturday expected to report the findings of its investigation into documents that were not in 15 to 21 ballot boxes on the East Coast Demerara to the seven-member decision-making body, Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said. “The Secretariat needs to do an investigation into this mater and to render a report on this matter ...

General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon on Friday said the Organisation of American States’ (OAS) position that Guyana’s national election recount would be credible to declare a winner  smacked of interference in the country’s internal affairs. Harmon suggested that the OAS usurped the role of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “We recognise the Elections Commission ...