By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The three-member CARICOM High-Level team for the Guyana elections vote recount arrived in Guyana this afternoon on a special chartered Trans Guyana flight, paving the way for the start of the recount process. The members of the team are Senior UWI Lecturer Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission, John Jarvis […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2020
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As the Elections Commission awaits word from the CARICOM Secretariat on the arrival of its high-level team for the recount of votes, the CARICOM Secretary General has written to the National COVID-19 Task Force. CARICOM is seeking permission for a special chartered flight to be able to depart Guyana to pick up the officials and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 24, 2020
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The Guyana Elections Commission has completed and finalised its plan and order for the recount of the votes from the 2nd March elections. The Commission is now awaiting word from the CARICOM Secretariat on the arrival of its high-level team so that it could set a start date for the recount. Once CARICOM indicates the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 24, 2020
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The Private Sector Commission, which is an accredited local observer group for the elections, has dispatched proposals of its own to the Guyana Elections Commission for the recount process. In a letter to the GECOM Chairperson, PSC Chairman, Captain Gerry Gouveia said it is imperative that the recount of votes is seen as credible and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 23, 2020
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An all day meeting at the Guyana Elections Commission has inched the process forward for the start of the recount. While most of the issues pertaining to the recount order have been finalized, the Commission will meet again tomorrow to complete the order and make moves for its filing for gazetting purposes. Commissioner Sase Gunraj […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2020
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The Leader of the Alliance for Change and Prime Ministerial Candidate in the APNU+AFC coalition, Khemraj Ramjattan has welcomed the move to have a recount of all the votes cast in the 2nd March elections. During an interview on Kaieteur Radio today, Mr. Ramjattan said the recount should bring some satisfaction to those involved in […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2020
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The Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that it is awaiting word from the CARICOM Secretariat on the high-level team expected in Guyana to be part of the recount process. In a statement this afternoon, the Commission said once those arrangements are finalized, a date for the start of the recount will be announced. The Commission […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2020
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While declaring that death is inevitable and she is not afraid of it as a God-fearing person, the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission has officially filed complaints with the Guyana Police Force and the Cyber Crimes Unit over threats against her life. Following her decision Friday to have no more than 10 workstations for […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2020
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The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission Justice Claudette Singh is not budging from her decision that there should be no more than 10 workstations for the recount of votes. This midday, the GECOM Chair along with Commissioners were joined at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre by a team from the Ministry of Public Health, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2020
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Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who heads the National COVID-19 Task Force, has indicated that he has responded to a letter from the Elections Commission Chairman seeking provisions to allow the recount of votes for the elections. The National COVID-19 Task Force is made up mostly of Government and technical officials involved in the fight against […]