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With its observer unable to travel to Guyana today aboard an Eastern Airlines flight that came to Guyana to ferry out US Citizens, the Carter Center’s accredited observation mission said it remains committed to providing an independent observation of Guyana’s electoral process, including the upcoming recount. In a statement on its website, the Carter Center […]
With the recount of votes cast at the 2020 elections set to begin on Wednesday, incumbent President David Granger has given the assurance that he will accept the results following the declaration by the Elections Commission. In an address to the nation moments after the order for the recount was gazetted, President Granger said he […]
The stage has been set for the start of the recount of all votes cast in the 2020 regional and general elections. The Guyana Elections Commission gazetted the recount order and that clears the way for the recount to begin on Wednesday. The Commission will only allow an audio live stream of the actual recount. […]
In a statement on Sunday, the US Embassy announced that it had made a request on behalf of the Carter Center and the International Republican Institute for their observers to fly into Guyana on an Eastern Airways flight to be part of the vote recount process. The embassy said the request was not approved. While […]
The Carter Center is hoping that the Government will give the clearance for one of its officials to fly into Guyana on Monday on a flight from Miami to observe the vote recount process. In a brief interview with News Source this afternoon, Carter Center Director for its Democracy Program, David Carroll explain that the […]
The US Embassy in Georgetown on Sunday indicated that it requested permission via diplomatic note for Observers from the Carter Centre to return to Guyana for the recount on one of those special flights that have been coming in to fly out US citizens in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the special flights […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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