Elections

President tells OAS he is awaiting Court’s ruling and will not interfere in work of GECOM

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 […]

LJP got no SoPs from PPP -Shuman

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 […]

Lawful declaration of results can only come after all legal requirements complied -Bar Association

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 […]

Cotton tree protester shot dead while attacking police with cutlass; two officers hospitalised with chop wounds -Police report

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 […]

APNU+AFC urges calm and peace

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 […]

Jagdeo calls on supporters to be calm but vigilant hours after telling them “Granger will go nowhere without a protest”

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 […]