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As the recount of votes for Guyana’s national and regional elections continues under the scrutiny of a High-Level CARICOM team, CARICOM’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States has declared that CARICOM “regard ourselves as the most legitimate interlocutors in the Guyana situation”. Ambassador Noel Lynch made the statement this morning to a meeting of […]
The Guyana Elections Commission is examining the possibility of adding more workstations at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre to get more votes counted in a faster time. There are currently 10 workstations in operation. Today marked the 7th day of the recount and just over 10% of the total boxes have been counted so far. […]
A bi-partisan group of US Congressional Representatives is urging the Government of Guyana to allow the Carter Center and a technical advisory team from the International Republic Institute into Guyana to join the observation of the national recount of votes. The recount entered its 7th day today. Last week, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. […]
With the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana climbing by five over the past 24hrs, the Public Health Ministry is issuing a new warning about the disease and pleading with Guyanese to follow the safety guidelines. Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence today said a disaster could be approaching if citizens do not […]
The Observation Report detailing objections and other issues noted during the recount of the votes is important in meeting the objective of the recount. That position was made clear today by the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh during a meeting with representatives from the new parties that contested the elections. […]
In a May 6 letter to the US Ambassador to Guyana, Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Karen Cummings writing on behalf of the President made it clear that the Government was not budging from its position to keep the Airports closed to incoming passenger flights, thereby leaving out a Carter Center Observer and others who wanted […]
With the ballots from 208 boxes already recounted as part of the national vote recount, the governing APNU+AFC coalition is alleging that the recount has unraveled “clear and unmistakable patterns of irregularities”. In a Sunday night statement, the APNU+AFC said the recount has found “countless instances of dead persons being recorded as voting exclusively in […]
APNU+AFC Executive and Party agent for the recount, Joe Harmon wants the People’s Progressive Party to state publicly that it will accept the declared results of the vote recount. During a recorded interview on the APNU+AFC’s official Facebook page today, Mr. Harmon said the coalition is fully behind the recount process and he believes it […]
With neighbouring Brazil recording more than 107,000 cases of the coronavirus, authorities in Guyana have issued a new warning for residents of the bordering communities in Region Nine. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud said Region Nine residents need to be extremely vigilant at this time. “I want to draw your attention to Brazil which […]
The Guyana Elections Commission has made a decision that it will begin a tabulation of all votes recounted daily. The decision came out of a meeting of the Elections Commission this afternoon. The daily tabulation exercise will begin at 5pm and end at 6:30 pm every day, according to GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward. […]
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