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With a high-level independent team from CARICOM coming in to Guyana to overlook the recount of votes in Region 4, the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition has also requested a recount of votes in the other nine administrative regions. In a statement this afternoon, APNU+AFC Executive Joe Harmon said “the APNU+AFC had also requested recounts in all […]
Although there has been no official announcement about a recount of votes for Region Four, the Chairman of CARICOM, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced that President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed to have a high-level independent team from CARICOM overlook the recount of ballots in Region 4. The move […]
President David Granger convened a meeting of several government officials this morning to finalise the government’s action plan in wake of the first case of the coronavirus being confirmed in Guyana. Though details of the meeting were not forthcoming, the Ministry of Education has since announced the closure of schools for two weeks, beginning on […]
On a day of Court hearings, noisy objections, diplomatic walk-outs and threats of isolation, the Guyana Elections Commission moved the tabulation for the Region Four results to its headquarters in Kingston and tempers flared between reps for two of the parties. Late this afternoon the process was halted again after a verbal and physical altercation […]
The two women who admitted in Court that they were responsible for the recording and distribution of a sex video involving their friend have been sentenced to three years in jail each and fined $5million each. Appearing before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, 23-year-old Janel Williams and 21-year-old Melissa Pestano opted not to waste the Court’s […]
The OAS Observer Mission has announced its withdrawal from Guyana as there continues to be controversy over the Region Four results for the elections and the ongoing process of tabulation. In a statement this afternoon, the OAS said the process employed by the Returning Officer for Region 4 to tabulate results is not transparent and, […]
The Diplomatic Representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the EU have issued another warning to Guyana over the conduct of the elections. Hours after walking out of a GECOM tabulation process for Region 4, the four diplomatic representatives issued a joint statement explaining that they decided to leave the Region 4 […]
The American, British, Canadian and EU Diplomatic Representatives walked out of the tabulation of votes for Region 4 this morning less than two hours after it began, claiming that they will be issuing a statement. When the Returning Officer started the process this morning following yesterday’s objections to him using a spreadsheet process, he announced […]
Days after the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he had discussions about the election situation in Guyana with the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, the Acting Assistant US Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Michael Kozak, issued a warning on Twitter for Guyana. “Under U.S. law and practice those who participate […]
In another electoral twist this afternoon, the European Union Observer Mission announced that it has written to the Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo, requesting to examine the Statements of Poll that he has used to prepare the spreadsheet of results for Region 4. The EU team wants its request to be met before […]
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