Politics

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Friday night hinted that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) should have engaged in post-election unrest , maintaining that his party was rigged out of office at last year’s general elections. “Many think that maybe the People’s Progressive Party acted too calmly too,” he said and added that “maybe our leaders who were making the decisions ...

Alliance For Change (AFC) General Secretary, David Patterson says his party has succeeded in eliminating overreach by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon but has fallen short on communication with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at the grassroots level. Speaking at his party’s bi-weekly news conference, Patterson was hard-pressed to say whether the AFC has been successful in getting Harmon’s ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday admitted that it has done little push for a reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), instead saying that its immediate priorities are constitutional reform and campaign financing legislation. Apart from letting its position known on the need for GECOM to be reform and the model composition of the commission, AFC General Secretary ...

Government has ruled out ordering a forensic audit into the operations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), saying that it is now constitutionally an autonomous body. “At this point in time, we will have no consideration to say let us do an audit of GECOM. These are now independent bodies and so we cannot go and say to them ‘do ...

Steps are being taken to activate the Local Government Commission (LGC) and the Public Procurement Commission, despite concerns by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) that government is deliberately dragging its feet. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, however, could not say when government’s nominees to the LGC would be named publicly. Against the background of government searching for a ...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge Wednesday night said Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Shamir Ally continues to serve, even as the envoy, regarded asset in that Islamic Region of the world, has been  asked to provide some answers. “We are looking into the matter and we need from him answers to some things and then we will take a decision,” he told ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) Charles Ramson- considered one of the young prominent faces of his party- has resigned from Parliament with immediate effect to take up a British scholarship to pursue studies in oil and gas, he announced  Sunday. “While the decision was easy, it was still one of the toughest things I have had to do… Friday ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- the largest political party in the coalition-led administration- has cautioned its members against building their expectations too high and sidelining other races and opponents. This is contained in the report by party General Secretary, Oscar Clarke that was delivered to the 19th Biennial Congress that was held from August 26 to 28, 2016. “After ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenigde will be performing duties of Prime Minister in the absence of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who departed for India where he will engage in a number of activities. Minister Greenidge took the Oath of Office on Wednesday in the presence of President David Granger, Minister of State Joseph Harmon and senior officers of the Disciplined ...

Five days after Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan strongly signaled to Georgetown Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green that funds must be made available to the Deputy Mayor whenever he is acting for her, she said on Monday she was fed up with his gripes and would  be handing over all of her office allowance to him. In announcing her decision, Chase-Green did ...