Incumbent President, Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday predicted that his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) would win the 2025 general and regional elections convincingly, pointing to no hostility in traditional opposition strongholds. “I’ve seen tremendous changes and it’s going to be reflected in the votes in 2025. Let me tell you very frankly, it’s going to be reflected huge. We’re ...
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PNCR, WPA to begin coalition talks for 2025 elections
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Wednesday pledged to address a number of weaknesses and agreed to advance talks towards a coalescing to contest next year’s general and regional elections. “The parties agreed to begin discussions towards the formation of a coalition to contest the upcoming elections, but to leave the door open ...
Read More »PNCR will accept election victory with bad voters list
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) would accept an election victory in next year’s general and regional elections even if Guyana goes to the polls with a voters list that that party insists lacks credibility but would not accept the results if it loses, Executive Member Ganesh Mahipaul said Friday. He explained that much would depend on complaints that party ...
Read More »Modi was not campaigning for PPP – PNCR executive member
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s labelling of three top Indo-Guyanese members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as “ambassadors” of Indo-Guyanese would not hurt the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) at next year’s general and regional elections and did not amount to campaigning for the incumbent, PNCR executive member, Ganesh Mahipaul, said Friday. In response to a question by Demerara ...
Read More »“Strict measures” for GY$100,000 cash grant – gov’t
Amid opposition claims that the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration was using the GY$100,000 cash grant as a means of capturing vital information to rig next year’s general elections, government said steps were being taken to ensure that there is no fraud. “As part of efforts to ensure a robust and transparent process that upholds the integrity of the $100,000 ...
Read More »Foreigners’ vote not key to PPP’s election victory – Jagdeo
General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the opposition has embarked on a campaign to drive fear into voters about the importance of non-nationals to next year’s general and regional elections, but he rejected claims that his party was padding the voters’ list with foreigners’ names to secure victory. “We don’t need foreigners ...
Read More »More training for polling agents if no digital biometrics – WPA
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Monday said if the opposition fails to get digital biometric registration and verification of voters or a clean voters list for next year’s general and regional elections, the only option left is to train its polling agents. “The parties obviously will engage in more training of its agents and that’s the most they can ...
Read More »High Court asked to declare political parties perform State action by picking candidates for general elections
The Guyana High Court is next month expected to rule on whether political parties perform State action because they internally select candidates for elections in the country. “Because the State has outsourced the process of nominating candidates for elections solely to political parties, the process by which the PNC (People’s National Congress) and PPP (People’s Progressive Party) nominate and determine ...
Read More »PNCR polling agents will block foreigners from voting – Norton
Leader of the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton at the weekend hinted that foreigners would be blocked by party polling agents from voting in next year’s general elections. Addressing a PNCR public meeting at Calcutta, Mahaicony, Mr Norton said opposition polling agents would be on the lookout for foreigners who are clearly not connected to Guyana. “Let ...
Read More »PPP hopes GECOM will be ready in eight months for elections
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) expects the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be ready by next July to hold general elections, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “GECOM has to be ready. They should have been ready by March 2nd because that’s when elections were held but I actually said August because that’s when the President was ...
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