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There are growing calls for a national recount of all votes cast at the 2nd March elections, even as a Court hearing on the matter is set to take place this morning. In a joint statement, the People’s Progressive Party and a group of the small parties said they welcome and support the other calls […]
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, is not buying the President’s story that the move to the Court by one of his party’s candidates is an independent move. A Court hearing is set for Friday on the injunction being sought to block a national recount of votes and CARICOM’s involvement in […]
The Chairperson of CARICOM and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley believes that there are forces within Guyana that may not want to see a recount of the votes from the elections and she has warned that any Government which is sworn in without a credible and fully transparent vote count process would lack legitimacy. Mottley’s […]
With an injunction now temporarily blocking the recount of the votes from the elections and the CARICOM team being forced to withdraw from the process because of that injunction, President David Granger has expressed disappointment that the initiative by CARICOM has now been stalled. In a statement last night, the President said the Court action […]
PPP Candidate and Attorney Anil Nandlall has indicated that he intends to make an application to the Court to become a party to the matter filed against the Elections Commission and he will seek to get the matter thrown out completely. The injunction has blocked the Guyana Elections Commission from moving ahead with a recount […]
The Guyana Elections Commission this afternoon said it has completed all the preparatory arrangements for the commencement of the national recount exercise as agreed to the President and Opposition Leader. However, GECOM wants to see a signed agreement between the two leaders and CARICOM in place before the exercise could be operationalised. The agreement between […]
The recount of all votes for the 2nd March elections begins today and the ballots from Region 4 will be the first to be counted. Region 4 is the largest electoral district with more than 45% of the country’s voters. The Guyana Elections Commission has moved to put all systems in place for the recount […]
The Guyana Elections Commission on Saturday night announced that the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, has denied the eight requests by eight political parties for a recount of the Region Four votes. According to GECOM, the reason given for the denial by the Returning Officer is that none of the parties adhered to […]
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 […]
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