Politics

Two small parties that contested the March 2020 elections have joined calls for the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) to abide by Monday’s  High Court ruling that the national vote recount figures must be used to declare general election results, and advised them against appealing the matter. The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and the Citizenship Initiative ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan As A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) prepares to head to the Guyana Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court decision that the recounted votes must be used to declare the results of the March 2, 2020 elections, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said the coalition was about to waste its time on a ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday ruled that the votes from the national recount must be used to declare the results of the March, 2020 general and regional elections, even as she dismissed the application by a supporter of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). Senior Counsel, Roysdale Forde immediately said he and his team would be filing ...

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) says it continues to receive a plethora of ‘racially inciting complaints’ which are now being investigated. According to the commission, many of these complaints which emanate from social media postings are directed at several individuals, politicians and political parties. Although its staffing capacity has been reduced due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ERC notes that it is ...

The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn on Sunday sought to rubbish claims that his country has been interfering in this country’s political affairs, saying that his country had spoken out similarly before the 2015 general and regional elections. “There appears to be a perception that the UK has only recently become interested in what is happening in ...

Guyana’s President David Granger late Friday said his administration rejected a request by the United States (US) to use the medium wave radio frequencies of this South American nation to broadcast Voice of America programmes to Venezuela. Mr. Granger said Guyana turned down the request because of security, health and political risks that Guyana could expose itself to with Venezuela ...

In light of recent attacks on social media and other forums levelled against former Solicitor General of Guyana, Mrs. Kim Kyte-Thomas and other attorneys appearing in legal proceedings before the court, the Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana has cautioned persons against these actions. Ms. Kyte-Thomas has been representing the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice ...

The United Kingdom (UK) on Friday warned Guyana that it would face “consequences” if the David Granger administration retains power based on election results other than those from the national recount. “Any government sworn in on the basis of non-credible results will face strong international condemnation and consequences – we have started the process of putting those consequences in place,” ...

The United States (US) on Thursday expressed shock at attacks on the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh. American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, reiterating that the national vote recount should be used by GECOM to declare the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections, called on Guyanese to cease condemning Singh. ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan As A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) marked its ninth anniversary on Wednesday, the five-party coalition said that calls for the David Granger administration to concede defeat are premature, as the electoral issues are still before the courts. During a live broadcast on social media by the APNU+AFC, chief party spokesman, Joseph Harmon said that the APNU ...