Politics

Pro-coalition elections commissioner, Vincent Alexander has rubbished claims by his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) counterparts that he was plotting to derail the recount of votes cast in last month’s general elections, saying that they also recognised the existence of the 10 declarations. Referring to PPP election commissioner, Sase Gunraj’s then draft motion for the declaration of results by the 10 ...

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Senior Counsel Keith Massiah has died, his wife confirmed on Sunday. He was 93 years old. Massiah is survived by his wife and three children. President David Granger, in a statement, said he  “is saddened at the death” of Massiah. He “expresses heartfelt sympathy to Mr. Massiah’s wife, Mrs. Maureen Massiah, OR, his three children, ...

Joseph Harmon is no longer Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency and a successor has not been named, the president’s spokeswoman, Ariana Gordon confirmed Saturday evening. “Ministry of the Presidency wishes to clarify that Mr. Joseph Harmon is no longer performing the functions of Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency,” the Ministry later said in a statement. ...

Two days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said Guyana’s unresolved political situation was stymieing international assistance to fight the coronavirus, COVID-19, the Ministry of the Presidency deemed that assertion “inaccurate.” President David Granger has since restructured the National COVID-19 Task Force and appointed Joseph Harmon as its Chief Executive Officer to, among other things, provide “accurate information with regard to ...

President David Granger has removed day-to-day operations of the COVID-19 Task Force from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and handed them to Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. Among Harmon’s new responsibilities will be keeping Guyanese abreast with information  on the virus that has so far afflicted 70 persons including 8 who died. Harmon is designated Chief Executive ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday decided that the recount of  votes cast in last month’s general elections would take at least 25 days, election commissioners said at the end of another marathon meeting. Election Commissioners, Vincent Alexander and Sase Gujraj said that is expected to be reflected in the order to be published in Guyana’s Official Gazette. The ...

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) executive member, Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall on Thursday night accused pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander of scheming to derail the planned recount of votes cast in last month’s general elections. Nandlall’s position was in reaction to Alexander saying that the 10 declaration of results by the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Returning Officers were still legal until they ...

Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vincent Alexander said one of his opposition-aligned counterparts on the seven-member body have not provided any evidence as grounds to exclude several officials from the recount of last month’s election votes. “The disposition of some commissioners is ‘have you brought specific allegations against these commissioners?’. If there are no specific allegations against these ...

The 10 regional declaration of results of March’s general elections by the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) are “legal” and their  fate will not be catered for in an order for the recount that will be published in the Official Gazette, Commissioner Vincent Alexander said Thursday. “In the face of legally made declarations, unless you have a process  that supersedes that ...

by Paul Sanders, New York It will probably take a degree in law. Or political science. Or whatever! They should have seen this coming. Guyanese are living through the world’s stupidest era. Stupidity, while innately comical especially in the political sphere, often comes with a side of brutality. And we are forced to suffer fools. It took, more or less, ...