By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party on Friday night indicated that President Donald Ramotar still does not intend to concede defeat in the 2015 elections, although he had telephone conversations with APNU+AFC Presidential Candidate David Granger early on Friday night. APNU+AFC Co-Campaign Chair, Raphael Trotman told News Source that he is not sure of the nature of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party has reportedly made a decision to no longer seek recounts in the 2015 General Elections and the diplomatic community has reportedly been informed of that decision.h The Guyana Elections Commission will make its final declarations of the results at 12 noon on Saturday and David Arthur Granger will be sworn into Office […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party on Friday continued its claim that the 2015 general elections were “fraudulent” and therefore there should be a recount of all the ballots cast, or at least those in Region #4. He contends that the elections were “seriously flawed” and enough to change the outcome. At a Freedom House press conference, […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2015
Elections, News
Top Guyanese Ambassador Odeem Ishmael has publicly called on the People’s Progressive Party to concede defeat in the 2015 elections for which preliminary results released by the Guyana Elections Commission, show an end to its 23 year rule. Ishamel is currently Guyana’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kuwait. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Ishamel urged […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
A number of Government Ministers have started to thank their staff and have moved out of their ministries even as President Donald Ramotar and former President Bharrat Jagdeo have indicated that they do not intend to concede defeat in Monday’s elections. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett sent an email to all her staff members, thanking […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2015
Elections, News
Former executive member of the People’s Progressive Party, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has issued a call for the incumbent to concede that it lost the elections and move on in cooperation with the development of the country. In a post on his Facebook page, Mr. Ramkarran who also served as the Speaker of the National […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
President Donald Ramotar on Thursday indicated that he was not prepared to concede defeat in the 2015 elections as he still has concerns about elections process. The President would like to see a manual recount of every one of the over four hundred thousand ballots that were cast. At a Freedom House press conference, Mr. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2015
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Minutes after the Guyana Elections Commission released final preliminary results for Monday’s elections which puts the Opposition Coalition ahead of the ruling party by just over 5000 votes, APNU+AFC Presidential Candidate David Granger has called on his supporters to “let the celebration be sober and short.” During a visit the Brigadier’s home, he acknowledged the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2015
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The coalition between A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change will lead the next government of Guyana. The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Thursday afternoon released the official final preliminary results of the 2015 elections. The results revealed that the APNU+AFC picked up 206, 817 votes as compared to 201, 457 […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2015
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The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown on Thursday said it stands by its assessment of Guyana’s electoral process being free, fair, and credible. In a statement, The United States Embassy said it is in receipt of the recent allegations made by the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and has looked into the claims. “Nothing contained therein changes our […]