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Despite cries by the Parliamentary Opposition for more time to be given to allow greater scrutiny of the draft amendments to the electoral laws, the Government early this morning used its one-seat majority in the National Assembly to approve the amendments. Attorney General Anil Nandlall declared that the amendments are much needed to enhance, modernize […]
Three employees of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Shefern February, Denise Babb-Cummings and Carolyn Duncan, who are already facing criminal charges in relation to the 2020 elections, invoked their constitutional right to remain silent when they appeared before the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) this morning. Having been summoned to appear before the Commission, […]
Faced with a Court action filed by the Opposition APNU+AFC, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud has proposed to the Guyana Elections Commission that it moves to facilitate a 14-day exercise to correct the Register of Voters (voters’ list) ahead of Local Government Elections which are set for the 13th March, 2023. In an internal […]
In a move that could possibly affect the conduct of Local Government Elections in March 2023, the opposition APNU+AFC has moved to the Courts to have the Preliminary List of Voters for the Local Government Elections scrapped. In the application filed by Chief Scrutineer of the APNU+AFC Carol Smith-Joseph against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), […]
Election Commissioner Sase Gunraj has accused former GECOM Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield of repeatedly defying the orders of the Guyana Elections Commission to provide an accurate report of the outcome of the 2020 Elections following the historic National Recount. Commissioner Gunraj made the damning allegation when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry […]
A number of non-governmental organisations in Guyana and the US along with some Opposition Members of Parliament have signed onto a letter which has been sent to US Vice President Kamala Harris, documenting what they call the “untenable crisis of racism and discrimination in Guyana”. The letter and a statement signed by retired military officer […]
The Chairman and Commissioners of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2020 General and Regional Elections today made it clear that they played no part in drafting the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the inquiry. The declaration came amid allegations that they were involved in drafting the ToR. “It has come to the attention […]
The government this morning introduced the Constitutional Reform Commission bill which caters for the establishment of a Commission to review the country’s laws. The Commission will be tasked with gathering information to submit to the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reform for its input before going to the House as amendments to the Constitution. In presenting […]
Former Executive Member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Jonathan Yearwood told the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) that the process of tabulating and verifying the votes cast per party in Region Four went downhill after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), IT officer, Enrique Livan took over the process at the Command Centre at […]
Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud in taking the stand as the first witness in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the March 2020 Elections, told the Commission that the security footage from Ashmins Building which served as the Office for Region Four Returning Officer (RO) is missing. “Nobody seems to know when […]
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