Elections
PPP proposes 10-day national recount
More shipping container loads of ballot boxes arrive at GECOM's headquarters in Kingston, Georgetown. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on...
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GECOM recount of general election votes can take 156 days
Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield. The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield reportedly says recounting votes...
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Regional declaration of election results still “stand” -GECOM secretariat
Despite repeated claims by members of the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that the 10 districts' declarations of results were...
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APNU+AFC labels PSC a PPP “stooge”; calls for elections audit, not mere recount
APNU Chairman, David Granger and AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan sign the revised political agreement between their two political organisations. A...
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US ready to work with GECOM, international observers on recount -Pompeo
United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has welcomed the decision by...
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Private Sector Commission says total national recount “waste of time”
The Private Sector Commission (PSC), one of the local organisations that observed last month's general elections, Monday night urged the...
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GECOM agrees to recall CARICOM team to “validate” recount; Chief Elections Officer to craft plan
The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed that a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) high-level team should return to "validate" the...
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Trinidad’s Prime Minister has “a problem” with loose misinterpretation of CARICOM-supervision of recount; supports return of team
The Independent High-Level Mission (from left): Ms Angela Taylor, Chief Electoral Officer, Barbados; Mr Anthony Boatswain, former Finance Minister, Grenada;...
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Guyana Court of Appeal rules that CARICOM-supervised recount is illegal
Justice of Appeal, Dawn Gregory. The Guyana Court of Appeal on Sunday ruled that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot...
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OPINION: I disagree with coalition’s commissioner recount statement; I separate from it
by GHK Lall Though I had warned to manage expectations, I still harbored faint hopes that norms would prevail, that...
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