Elections

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Sunday ruled out returning to Parliament to  approve funds for government spending if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) invalidates the March  2, 2020 general and regional elections. “For the avoidance of doubt, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) wishes to make it abundantly clear that it will never return to Parliament or support the convening ...

President David Granger on Sunday slammed Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves for his disrespectful remarks that he should have taken his electoral defeat at the March 2, 2020 polls quietly. “Certainly, as the Head of State, I am not going to accept that kind of language. CARICOM, as ...

President David Granger on Sunday hinted that a state of emergency would have to declared to pave the way for the reconvening of a Parliament and the approval of funds for government spending, if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) scraps the March 2, 2020 general and elections. “It is possible…I know it has been done before. It is not an ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are haggling with each other over what should be the valid votes following Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield’s report to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Claudette Singh. PPP executive member, Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall has already signaled that legal action would be taken if the ...

The report by the Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield indicates that votes not affected by anomalies/irregularities and voter impersonation amount to  185,302 votes. If Lowenfield’s figures are accepted by the seven-member commission, it would mean the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would get  56,627 votes and A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) will ...

The Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield on Saturday told his Chairman, Claudette Singh that the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections were not free and fair across the 10 administrative regions. “The summation of the anomalies and instances of voter impersonation identified in District One clearly does not appear to satisfy the criteria ...

The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Saturday submitted his report on the national recount of votes cast at the March 2, 2020 general and regional polls to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh. “The Commission will meet to deliberate and base on the outcome of that discussion they will ask him (Lowenfield) to ...

The Working People’s Alliance on Saturday- the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney- is renewing its call for a government of national unity and no interference in Guyana’s domestic affairs by other countries. The WPA says it is recomitting its quest for a Guyana that is based on ethnic-racial, social and gender equity. In that regard, that ...

Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) , David Granger on Friday night announced that his coalition wants the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to subtract fake votes such as those allegedly cast in the names of overseas people. “We are also committed to ensuring that every legitimate vote is counted but at the same time, we’re ...

The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) wants the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to validate some ballots or scrap the election altogether, but the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday insisted that that and other suggestions are not possible under the constitutional and law. “GECOM has the authority to investigate and to deal with the irregularities, either ...