Courts

By Samuel Sukhnandan Attorney-at-Law Mr. Nigel Hughes has written Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack asking her to drop all criminal charges that were filed against Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Mr. Keith Lowenfield. Mr. Lowenfield was charged with misconduct in public office, alleged electoral fraud, and conspiracy to alter results that had been declared in the ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Saturday did not rule out a criminal probe into the administrative operations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) concerning the 2020 general elections, but said other options might include a commission of inquiry or a forensic audit. He said a “deep probing police investigation” is among the options being considered to move ahead “very shortly” ...

  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 Private criminal charges were filed against Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over alleged misconduct in office.   In documents seen by New Talk Radio 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online, three citizens namely Lorraine Joseph, Onita Walcott and Keith Ondaan have filed three separate private criminal charges against the GECOM chair.   Ondaan alleges that between ...

Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield was Friday morning granted a total of GYD$450,000 bail on three indictable offences in connection with the March 2, 2020 general election. He has been charged with misconduct in public office and alleged electoral fraud, and conspiracy to alter results that had been declared in March for that district. The complainants are Desmond Morean of ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday vowed not to cave in to demands by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and said the only way forward is for the coalition to abide by the declaration  of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) based on the national vote recount. PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 ...

A man, who allegedly attempted to burn down section of the Anna Regina Police Station and a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) building on the Essequibo Coast, was arraigned and granted bail totalling GYD$400,000. Twenty-four year old Keyon Davis of 60 Hibernia, Essequibo Coast was charged with setting fire ti public buildings belong to the State. They are the GDF 2nd ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed an early date for the hearing of an appeal of a High Court decision that upheld that the votes from the national recount must be used to declare the results of the March, 2020 general and regional elections. The court will Saturday morning starting at 10:00 hrs hear oral submissions from ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan Executive members of Guyana’s two major political parties differ on the route that should be taken to end the current electoral impasse, with People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) Aubrey Norton calling for an immediate resolution to be struck between all parties. But, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) executive member, Anil Nandlall rejected that suggestion, saying that the only ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan One day after the High Court ruled that the votes from the national recount must be used to declare the results of the March, 2020 general and regional elections, A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) agent Ms. Misengna Jones has filed an appeal to challenge that decision. In citing the reasons for the appeal, Ms. Jones, through her ...