People’s Progressive Party (PPP) front-bencher, Irfan Ali and Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman Wednesday night clashed over ministerial oversight and disposal of the Reserve Fund. Ahead of the sending of the Petroleum Commission Bill to a bipartisan parliamentary select committee, Trotman, in kicking off debate on the draft law, rejected the PPP’s claim at a public meeting at Enmore, ...
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Amend constitution to allow foreigners to be nominated for GECOM Chairmanship- Jagdeo
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Wednesday night said he has floated to President David Granger the idea of amending Guyana’s constitution to allow for foreign nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In response to Granger’s call for the GECOM nominee to be someone with deep knowledge in electoral matters and especially people who are not ...
Read More »Govt held sham consultations on Guysuco’s future- Jagdeo; investment broker rejects accusation
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo Wednesday night accused government of misleading Guyanese that genuine consultations would have been held first before deciding the fate of the bankrupt Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). Jagdeo said United States-based Guyanese Brian Wesley Kirton was authorised before the consultations to search for investors in Guysuco, “This was before they invited ...
Read More »Roopnaraine no longer Education Minister; Nicolette Henry to take full control of Ministry
Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is no longer Minister of Education, and he has been replaced by Nicolette Henry, a move that has prompted grave concerns by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), a partner in the governing coalition. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made the announcement earlier Tuesday. “The President, David Granger this (Tuesday) morning at cabinet briefed cabinet that ...
Read More »President, Opposition Leader meeting: High-level negotiators to be appointed if Jagdeo’s third list fails
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Monday evening agreed to submit a third list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and if that list fails to get President David Granger’s approval, a high-level team would iron out the difficulties. “It was also agreed that a high-level team would be assembled representing the President and the Leader ...
Read More »No plan to delay elections- Harmon, amid Donald Ramotar’s concerns
Former President Donald Ramotar’s assertion that the governing coalition has hatched a plan to delay the next general elections was rubbished Friday by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. “The administration of President (David) Granger has made it clear that we have no intention of either lengthening or shortening the term of office, that at the time when elections are to ...
Read More »Bar Association calls for swift appointment of GECOM Chairman
The Guyana Bar Association hopes that next Monday’s meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will lead to the swift appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and suggested that the Guyanese leader’s decision could be challenged. “Although the issue of the interpretation of Article 161(2) is before the Chief Justice for her consideration, ...
Read More »Private sector calls for “good life” promise, legislative protection of investment; govt says economy was fake
Even as the umbrella Private Sector Commission (PSC) called on government and the opposition to deliver a “good life”, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday assured that there is no feud with the private sector but said when the coalition took office more than two years ago, it was busy dismantling a fake economy. “We have had to confront ...
Read More »No GECOM Chairman “curtailing” Commission’s work- Chief Elections Officer; Ramotar says Granger probably delaying general elections for oil cash campaigning
The Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield says the absence of a Chairman is affecting key decision-making by that elections management agency. “The absence of a Chairperson, no doubt, curtails the work of the Commission one way or the other,” Lowenfield told Demerara Waves Online News. The delay has also raised concerns by former President ...
Read More »Governing coalition party calls on Granger administration to release ExxonMobil contract
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA)- one of the parties in the governing coalition- has called on the Guyana government to release the contract with the United States (US) oil-giant, ExxonMobil, in the interest of transparency and accountability. “There is no justifiable reason for not publishing this contract. Seeking public comment on it is our democratic obligation. And engaging ...
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