By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2020
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The high-level CARICOM team which scrutinized the Guyana vote recount has recommended that there be a re-registration of all voters in Guyana. The team said the re-registration should be a minimum condition of electoral reform in the country. Guyana had started a house-to-house registration exercise last year but that was cut short to begin preparations […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2020
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In a statement supporting CARICOM’s assessment of the Guyana vote recount as acceptable, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patrica Scotland urged acceptance of the recount and for it to be used to declare the results of the elections. The Commonwealth Group is made up of 54 nations and fielded one of the large Observer Missions for the Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2020
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The CARICOM high-level team, which scrutinized the recount of votes from the Guyana Elections has determined that although the recount unearthed irregularities and some defects, it still showcased the will of the people. In a section of their report seen by News Source, the three-member team explained that they did not witness anything “which would […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2020
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The three-member CARICOM high-level team that spent over a month in Guyana observing and scrutinizing the vote recount departed the country early this morning after submitting their report. The members of the high level team were Senior UWI Lecturer Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission, John Jarvis and Supervisor of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2020
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In an interview this morning at State House, President David Granger rubbished claims that his coalition was involved in any election wrongdoing. ‘The APNU+AFC Coalition of which I am the Chairman never colluded with anyone to interfere with the electoral process. We went into the election process like the PPP and the minor parties, and […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2020
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Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield in his report on the vote recount has found that the results do not meet the standard of fair and credible elections. Mr. Lowenfield presented his report earlier today to the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission and he has detailed the complaints and observations made of the recount in […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
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The APNU+AFC Coalition expects the report being compiled by the Chief Elections Officer to be a very comprehensive report that should document and entail all of the issues that were raised during the vote recount. APNU+AFC Candidate and Executive, Joe Harmon during a radio interview on LITE FM said the report should contain all of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2020
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People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo is expecting that the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission to declare his party as the winner of the 2020 elections. The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to claim that there were sufficient anomalies unearthed during the vote recount to raise questions about the credibility of the elections. The coalition […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2020
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The incumbent APNU+AFC Coalition this afternoon expressed its surprise and concern over statements by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister and incoming CARICOM Chairman, Ralph Gonsalves on the Guyana elections vote recount. In a press statement, the coalition stopped short of accusing Prime Minister Gonsalves of direct interference, but reminded that the recount exercise […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2020
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Chief Justice Roxanne George on Thursday accepted an application by Attorney Anil Nandlall to withdraw the contempt of Court case he filed against the GECOM Chairman, the Chief Elections Officer and the Returning Officer for Region Four. During the appearance via video conference, Mr. Nandlall admitted that he did not have sufficient evidence to proceed […]