Politics

President David Granger on Saturday highlighted the importance of a report on the national vote recount by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team of scrutineers, even as he alluded to an apparent “pattern” of irregularities. “It is expected that, given the exceptional interest of the CARICOM Heads of Government and the extraordinary exertions of the CARICOM scrutinizing team, their ‘report’ which ...

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Saturday suggested that the Elections Commision call in the police to investigate alleged electoral fraud stemming from the absence of documents from 29 boxes of ballots. At the same time, Amna Ally, on behalf of APNU+AFC election agent Joseph Harmon, told GECOM Chairman Claudette Singh, acknowledged that her coalition ...

The Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) administration is Saturday expected to report the findings of its investigation into documents that were not in 15 to 21 ballot boxes on the East Coast Demerara to the seven-member decision-making body, Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said. “The Secretariat needs to do an investigation into this mater and to render a report on this matter ...

General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon on Friday said the Organisation of American States’ (OAS) position that Guyana’s national election recount would be credible to declare a winner  smacked of interference in the country’s internal affairs. Harmon suggested that the OAS usurped the role of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). “We recognise the Elections Commission ...

The 35-nation Organisation of American States (OAS) on Thursday said results from the nearly complete recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections are “credible” and can be used to declare results based on the majority in a peaceful manner, in the wake of  repeated concerns by the incumbent coalition that the elections were not credible. The ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Thursday said it was looking forward to a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) observer mission stating whether the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections reflect Guyanese choice of their elected representatives at the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. Delivering a statement to a select group of pro-government media, he indicated ...

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has released the final July-August timetables for the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Initially postponed amid COVID-19 concerns, the CSEC and CAPE examinations are set to begin on July 13 with the Modern Language Oral examinations which will run until August 21 and Music practical set to ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) appeared to have opted to consider immigration records while examining the observation reports after the recount of the three-month old general and regional election votes is completed by June 13, officials said. The issue was discussed on Monday by the seven-member commission, shortly after a GECOM spokeswoman confirmed that 172 of 207 persons did not ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) so far appeared not to have confirmed from its own records a claim by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) that 207 people were marked off as voted although they were overseas, before their names were sent to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services for verification. GECOM spokeswoman, Yolanda Ward said the ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) says a ballot box checklist shows that 25 extra ballots were registered as having been found in a ballot box at Phillipai Primary School, Region 7, contrary to claims by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). The PPP is relying on the Statement of Recount for ballot box 7079 at Phillipai Primary School ...