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by Zena Henry and Chevy Devonish The A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition hopes the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM will scrap a partial vote recount in several districts because of questions surrounding the legality of doing so. Demerara Waves Online News could not immediately confirm with senior GECOM officials whether they would give into the coalition’s ...

by Zena Henry and Chevy Devonish The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Wednesday  afternoon began recounting votes in three districts, following bitter complaint by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) about alleged skullduggery. GECOM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield says GECOM is going ahead with the partial recounts of ballots in regions/districts 1, 2 and 8.   The CEO confirmed ...

by Chevy Devonish and Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) intends to ask for a partial recount of ballots in all 10 regions, according to Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally. Surujbally,however, said results to be disseminated by 6PM Wednesday could show a trend towards who would have won the May 11, 2015 general elections. “”You will ...

The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) + Alliance for Change (AFC) coalition is rejecting the People Progressive Party Civic’s call for a recount of the ballots in regions/districts 1, 2 and 8. Sometime Tuesday night the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) requested a recount of ballots “in areas where we had reports of a lot of (votes) being rejected ...

Zena Henry Inflammatory statements made during the campaign trail, the unfair access to state resources are just a few of the election negatives that will be addressed when the Commonwealth observer group here presents their final report and recommendation to stakeholders of the 2015 General and Regional Election held two days ago. The mission told reporters during a press briefing ...

The declaration of official results for general elections held earlier this week has been delayed and could be made by  Friday at the earliest because the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has requested recounts in three regions/ districts. Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, Keith Lowenfield  told Demerara Waves that the PPP has asked for recounts in Regions ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Tuesday afternoon began releasing preliminary results of Monday’s general and regional elections. While both major political parties are claiming victory; the commission, international observers,  top American, British and Canadian diplomats stationed here have appealed to Guyanese to await the official results. The coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and the People’s ...

Top Western diplomats in Guyana say let businesses continue as several owners in Georgetown opted to keep their doors closed Tuesday owing to the unrest in Sophia last night.  Last evening several irate supporters of the opposition coalition burnt vehicles and blocked a main thoroughfare in that eastern Georgetown community as they came to believe that ballot boxes were being ...

In the wake of Guyana’s two major political parties claiming victory in Monday’s general and regiona elections, the Chairman of the Joint Services, Brigadier Mark Phillips Tuesday night appealed for calm and respect the official announcement and declaration of results by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “The GECOM is the only institution by which we can get the official results ...

The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS), led by Senator Lisa Shoman from Belize, congratulates the citizens of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for their participation in the electoral process reflected by the high percentage of voter turnout. The OAS/EOM team of 22 observers from 13 countries was present from the opening of the polls ...