By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
On the eve of the Supreme Court of Guyana hearing a case about whether it should order the Guyana Elections Commission not to make a final declaration of results until Region 4 votes are completely verified, the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he has been discussing the Guyana Elections situation […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo met this morning with members of the Elections Observer team from the OAS headed by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. According to a statement from the PPP, during the meeting, Mr. Jagdeo raised a number of issues of concern. He told the OAS that there appears to be an […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger today met and held talks with members of the OAS Observer Mission, which is being led by Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. According to a statement from the President’s Office, he told the officials that the elections were orderly and reminded them that the Elections Commission is an independent and constitutional […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
While refusing to take questions from News Source, Chairman of A New and United Guyana, Attorney Timothy Jonas, skirted around questions about the origins of the Statements of Poll that his party was using to verify the results of the Region 4 elections. “I am not speaking to you”, Jonas told News Source at the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lenox Shuman today said the Statements of Poll that his party was using to verify the results of the elections came from some of its own agents and some of the partners on the joiner list. The Liberty and Justice Party, The New Movement and A New and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association is calling on the Chairperson of the Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh to ensure that all necessary steps are taken so that the results of last Monday’s elections can withstand local and international scrutiny before making any declaration required by law. In a statement, the group […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission who were nominated by the People’s Progressive Party have objected to a request by the Chief Elections Officer for a meeting of the Commission to be convened for him to hand in his final report on the elections. That final report is expected to contain the results of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
An 18-year-old youth who part of a protest against the elections that turned violent at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, was shot dead by the Police last evening after he reportedly chopped two police officers with a cutlass. The dead young man has been identified as Seedat Hansraj of the same Cotton Tree village. In […]
By News Source Guyana on March 6, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
In a statement this afternoon, the APNU+AFC coalition issued a call on citizens to remain calm and peaceful The Coalition said it is urging all Guyanese to respect the will of the people as exercised in the General and Regional Elections, adding that all Guyanese should conduct themselves in a peaceful and law-abiding manner as […]
By News Source Guyana on March 6, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
A subdued PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo in a video statement this afternoon is asking his supporters to stay at home and be calm. Mr. Jagdeo released a video statement this afternoon with the plea following hours of protests by supporters of the PPP in Berbice and along the East Coast and East Bank of […]