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Executive Member for the People’s Progressive Party and former Member of Parliament, Gail Teixeira believes the President needs to let good faith prevail and set a date for elections within 90 days. Appearing on the online talk show, Globespan 24×7, Ms. Teixeira explained that the December 21 No Confidence motion against the government effectively put […]
President David Granger has invited Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to meet with him after Monday’s consequential orders by the Caribbean Court of Justice on the way forward following its rulings on the no-confidence motion and the appointment of a GECOM Chairman. In the letter sent to Mr. Jagdeo by the Director General at the Ministry […]
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, today said he is ready to engage with the President on the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his Thursday press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said it is important for the process to move forward with the appointment of […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has written to the Police Commissioner and the Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission over statements made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance at a public meeting in Bartica. In the letters, PPP Executive Gail Teixeira said the government’s position of “no registration, no election”, should be […]
by Ravin Singh Following the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice that the motion of no-confidence against the Government was valid, the administration maintains that a new registration process must take place to allow for a new voters list before elections can take place. The position was articulated by several senior members of the […]
Attorney Sanjeev Datadin, who represented the interests of former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud in the no-confidence cases, believes the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice makes way for a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission to be appointed and for the President to dissolve the Parliament. Speaking to reporters moments after the […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice has also ruled that President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of Justice James Patterson as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission was flawed and not in keeping with the Constitution. The President rejected three lists of six persons each that were recommended to him by the Leader of the Opposition […]
Delegates of the Alliance for Change on Saturday afternoon endorsed the party’s Leader Khemraj Ramjattan as the Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU+AFC Coalition. Under the terms fo the agreement which formed the coalition just over four years ago, the AFC would name the Prime Ministerial Candidate. Mr. Ramjattan was endorsed for the position through […]
Cost of Living and Unemployment are the two major issues of concern to Guyanese. In the opinion poll conducted by the Barbados based, CADRES organisation, 26% of respondents said they see the cost of living in the country as the major national issue. 26% of the persons questioned also said unemployment in Guyana is the […]
While President David Granger is heavily favoured as the more popular candidate when compared to the PPP Civic’s Irfaan Ali, the opinion poll conducted by the Barbados based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES), has found that there is an even split among the population when it comes to the perception of which party will win […]
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