Catholic Bishop calls on “losing party to concede immediately”

Bishop Francis Alleyne of the Roman Catholic Church has joined the long list of persons calling on the People’s Progressive Party to immediately concede the elections. “I call on all to exercise moderation, for the losing party to concede immediately upon the declaration and the winner to magnanimously accept, so that as one people we […]

Guyana Ambassador to Kuwait, Odeem Ishmael calls on PPP to concede

Top Guyanese Ambassador Odeem Ishmael has publicly called on the People’s Progressive Party to concede  defeat in the 2015 elections for which preliminary results released by the Guyana Elections Commission, show an end to its 23 year rule. Ishamel is currently Guyana’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kuwait. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Ishamel urged […]

Ramotar refuses to concede that he lost elections

President Donald Ramotar on  Thursday indicated that he was not prepared to concede defeat in the 2015 elections as he still has concerns about elections process. The President would like to see a manual recount of every one of the over four hundred thousand ballots that were cast. At a Freedom House press conference, Mr. […]

Granger calls on supporters to let their celebration be “sober and short”; Indicates lots of work ahead

Minutes after the Guyana Elections Commission released final preliminary results for Monday’s elections which puts the Opposition Coalition ahead of the ruling party by just over 5000 votes, APNU+AFC Presidential Candidate David Granger has called on his supporters to “let the celebration be sober and short.” During a visit the Brigadier’s home, he acknowledged the […]

APNU+AFC to form next Guyana government with Presidency and Parliamentary majority

The coalition between A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change will lead the next government of Guyana. The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Thursday afternoon released the official final preliminary results of the 2015 elections. The results revealed that the APNU+AFC picked up 206, 817 votes as compared to 201, 457 […]

US Embassy rejects PPP’s elections fraud claims; stands by its free and fair assessment

The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown on Thursday said it stands by its assessment of Guyana’s electoral process being free, fair, and credible. In a statement, The United States Embassy said it is in receipt of the recent allegations made by the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and has looked into the claims. “Nothing contained therein changes our […]

GECOM to announce Final Elections results on Thursday

The APNU+AFC coalition is leading the ruling People’s Progressive Party in the first preliminary report released by the Guyana elections Commission late Wednesday by a small margin. According the GECOM’s stats, the opposition coalition has amassed a total of 157, 347 in the general elections while the PPP Civic votes total 157, 304 after a […]