Politics

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Wednesday announced that government has decided to split two other administrative regions for the tabulation of votes at general and regional elections. In addition to the already announced break-up of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) into four sub-districts, he told a public stakeholder consultation that Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands) and Region Six (East-Berbice Corentyune) would be ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday relied on an official investigation in India that cleared this country’s  High Commissioner to India Charandass Persaud of “allegations of sexual abuse words” against an Indian animal rights activist near his residence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation sought to shut down the emerging controversy, but stayed clear of questions about whether the ...

As Guyanese prepare to vote in Local Government Elections (LGE) early next year, there are calls for greater oversight of the town and neighbourhood councils to cut out graft and other forms of corruption. In Quito, the capital of the sister South American nation of of Ecuador, there is an independent mechanism called Quito Honesto that keeps a watchful eye ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday walked back on a pronouncement by its Chairman Catherine Hughes that it would be boycotting the March 13, 2023 local election, instead saying that the executive would decide whether it would contest the polls. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan said Ms Hughes uttered her “strong” position that the priority should be ensuring that there ...

Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton said that People’s National Congress Reform-led collective would not allow the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to take political control of the councils in its strongholds in the March 13, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE). “The only thing I can say to you is this: We are not going to give ...

President Irfaan Ali  Thursday night appealed to opposition political parties to contest the March 13, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) as part of the process to improve the conditions in towns and villages but already Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine has hinted that his People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) might also boycott the polls. “We urge ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday night said it would be boycotting the March 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) over concerns about a padded voters list, but the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) stayed clear of saying what it would do. “If we are going to have any elections, if we are going to ...

Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall on Thursday named March 13 as the day Guyanese would go to the polls to elect councillors for 10 towns and 70 neighborhood councils The following statement was issued: The Government of Guyana is committed to the upholding of democracy and believes that the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) is an important pillar ...

As the Guyana government prepares to hold a national stakeholder consultation on Guyana’s draft electoral laws, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Thursday again rubbished the move saying it would not address the real problems such a clean voters list, accurate results and high public trust. The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance said the ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Representative of the List of Candidates Bharrat Jagdeo and the Guyana government on Wednesday secured victory at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the High Court’s dismissal of an opposition election petition could not be appealed. The CCJ found that Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire was right in dismissing the appeal because of late service ...