Politics

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) are at odds over the opposition party’s objection to detailed scrutiny of the ballots and list. PPP Executive Member, Anil Nandlall is resisting a plan by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to check one of the envelopes to determine whether there were errors ...

Fearing confusion at the recount of votes cast in general elections two months ago, the opposition political parties called for each region to be counted separately. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has already decided that the recount would start with Region Four where  218,927 votes were cast, while other regions would be counted simultaneously at the nine other counting stations. ...

Canada is footing the bills for the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) three-member team of scrutineers, who arrived here Friday afternoon, to scrutinise the national recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections, Canada’s Ambassador to the regional grouping, Lilian Chatterjee said. “With the borders being closed and commercial flights not being an option, we covered the cost of ...

The Chairman of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on Friday called on Guyanese stakeholders to ensure there is proper recount of votes cast in the March 2 general elections or the government would not be regarded as legitimate. “The Community calls on all concerned to ensure a credible and transparent recount process, in order to ...

The three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that would be scrutinising the recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general and regional council elections would be arriving on Friday, a Guyana Elections Commission spokesman said. GECOM spokeswoman, Yolanda Ward said those expected in Guyana are  Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cynthia Barrow-Giles; Commissioner of the ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will declare Irfaan Ali as President of Guyana, if the recount of votes cast in last month’s polls are is derailed, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. Sceptical that the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) would manipulate the recount, scuttle or discredit the recount and use the Region Four declaration by ...

The arrival of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team to observe the recount of votes cast in last month’s general elections has been pushed back and the team members have been changed, multiple sources have confirmed. Sources close to team members in three of the Caribbean island nations confirmed to News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that they ...

At least 33,000 masks will be needed for the national recount of votes cast in last month’s general elections, if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is to stick with the recommendation by a Ministry of Public Health team, but already there is a countrywide shortage of this protective gear. Based on recommendations by the Public Health team that visited the ...

The United States Government has committed an additional $1.7 million (USD) to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean. The United States says, via its Agency for International Development  (USAID),  is providing life-saving support by coordinating with the Government of Guyana, international humanitarian partners, and other stakeholders to identify priority areas for ...

Guyana has approved a request by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for a regional team of scrutineers to oversee the recount of votes cast in last month’s general elections. The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF)  said the decision was taken on Monday at its weekly statutory virtual meeting. “Among the decisions taken was the approval of the request from CARICOM for ...