By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee has dismissed the concerns of former party candidate and businessman Clinton Urling about the current situation in the party and former President Jagdeo’s hold on power in the party. At a Monday morning press conference, Rohee said Urling was just a candidate for the PPP […]
By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
PPP/C candidate at the recently concluded general and regional elections, businessman Clinton Urling believes that it is time for the People’s Progressive Party to rid itself of former President Jagdeo if it is to move forward and regain its “former political prestige”. In a Sunday letter to the Stabroek News, Urling who joined the PPP […]
By News Source Guyana on May 28, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Carter Center on Thursday released its list of recommendations for the Guyana Elections Commission, the Guyana Government and political parties as it seeks to support improved quality of elections in Guyana. In its recommendations to GECOM, the Observer Mission said it wants the Commission to work on cleaning up the voters list and making […]
By News Source Guyana on May 28, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The United States government has dismissed claims by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic that the May 11 elections in Guyana were fraudulent. The PPP has been protesting and calling for a recount. The Opposition party that lost power in government after 23 years has also been chiding the international community for declaring that the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 23, 2015
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The average age of the members of the David Granger cabinet appears to be 55-years-old. Although 60% of the voting population is between the ages of 18 and 35, the ministers who have been sworn into office all fall outside of that age bracket. But President David Granger believes the young people of Guyana are […]
By News Source Guyana on May 23, 2015
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Guyana’s oldest political party, the People’s Progressive Party is still to make a final decision on who will serve the party’s interest and that of its supporters in the 11th Parliament which is expected to be convened within the next two weeks. The PPP will be filling up 32 seats on the Opposition side of the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2015
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Members of the former government and their supporters found themselves on the picket line on Thursday midday as they launched a national protest against the just concluded national elections that ousted them from office. Former President Donald Ramotar and a number of his former Ministers and candidates of the opposition People’s Progressive Party protested for […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2015
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Even as the ousted People’s Progressive Party is calling for a total recount and has declared that the recent national elections were fraudulent, the State Department of the United States has offered congratulations to the Guyana Elections Commission for hosting elections that were “free, fair and credible”. In a statement out of the Washington Headquarters, […]
By News Source Guyana on May 20, 2015
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As it is getting ready to launch nationwide protests against the results of the just concluded elections, the opposition People’s Progressive Party believes that the international observer missions that were in Guyana for the elections were all duped into believing the elections were free and fair. The governments of the United States, Canada and Great […]
By News Source Guyana on May 19, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic has declared that it no longer has confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission and it wants to see the Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally tender his resignation. The Opposition party’s call for the Elections Commission Chairman to resign comes even as the party is preparing to move to […]