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The People’s Progressive Party, while waiting on an official declaration from the Guyana Elections Commission, is preparing itself to return to Government and has requested the Police Force to increase its presence at Government buildings. The request was made during a meeting this morning between the Police Commissioner and senior officials in the PPP including […]
The political parties were united this afternoon in their praise for the staff of the Guyana Elections Commission that worked at the recounting of ballots. The results from the recount of Region 4 ballots were officially certified this afternoon and signed off by the political parties that contested the region except for the APNU+AFC Coalition. […]
APNU+AFC Candidate and incumbent Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, has issued a call on the Guyana Elections Commission to remain true to its gazetted recount order and all of its requirements. With the recount process moving into stage 2 which is the completion of a report on the recount by the Chief Elections Officer, […]
Party agents came together late this afternoon at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre as the last ballot box was taken into the counting station to bring an end to the recount of ballots from all ten regions. The completion of the last ballot box brought an end to the recount process which should have initially […]
The Guyana Elections Commission on Sunday decided that it will go ahead with the tabulation of votes from the ballot boxes with missing documents even as the investigation continues into the occurence. In a statement this afternoon, GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward said “it was noted that the Commission does not want to disenfranchise […]
Respected statesman and former Guyanese diplomat, Sir Shridath Ramphal has made an appeal for citizens of Guyana not to descent into darkness of denial of rule of law and regularity as the election recount process nears an end. In a statement, Sir Shridath said the “elections crisis” in Guyana is now nearing its tipping point […]
The People’s Progressive Party Civic is warning that as the Guyana Elections Commission probes issues surrounding missing documents from ballot boxes, “not a single Guyanese elector must lose their franchise in the process”. The Guyana Elections Commission on Saturday announced an investigation into the discovery of 29 ballot boxes from the lower East Coast Demerara […]
In an address to the nation on Saturday evening, President David Granger said he will abide by the declarations of the Elections Commission as the vote recount comes to an end. Noting that the recount process has four stages, which are a recount of ballots, a compilation of the report by Chief Elections Officer, review […]
In wake of a claim by one Deputy Returning Officer that Deputy Returning Officers were instructed by the Clerk to the Returning Officer not to include official GECOM documents in the ballot boxes, several other Deputy Returning Officers have stepped forward to deny that any such instruction was ever given. The Guyana Elections Commission has […]
The Organization of American States, which has been observing the recount of votes process, has declared that it has no reason to doubt that the results emanating from the recount will be credible. In a statement last evening, the OAS also said “a declaration based on these results would lead to the installation of a […]
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