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The Freedom House headquarters of the People’s Progressive Party had very little buzz on Tuesday afternoon as President Donald Ramotar called a press conference with his Prime Ministerial Candidate Elisabeth Harper at his side along with national candidate, Dr. Frank Anthony. Freedom House is usually a hive of activity during election time. A few party […]
The APNU+AFC coalition has announced that based on its tabulation of 2,025 statements of polls out of the total 2,299 countrywide, it is convinced it is heading to victory. The coalition said it has calculated 85% of the statements of polls and its lead has creeped up to more than 20,000 votes. According to the coalition, […]
The United States Embassy in Georgetown has offered congratulations to the Guyanese people on the democratic process that was observed in yesterday’s elections but is urging them to be patient as they await the results. The Embassy in a statement said it was heartening to witness the enthusiasm with which Guyanese voters participated in the electoral […]
17 hours after the close of polls on Monday, the Guyana Elections Commission has declared that enough Statements of Poll have not been processed to predict any tendency in the election. GECOM’s Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally said himself and other Commissions, including Vincent Alexander and Sase Gunraj, have so far gone through more than 1500 […]
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is not impressed with the manner in which the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has been dealing with complaints of alleged irregularities in Monday’s elections, as expressed by the governing People’s Progressive Party. At a 2:30am press conference on Tuesday, Jagdeo said Surujbally appears ready to talk about “how good […]
The two main political parties, the APNU+AFC and the PPP Civic are this morning calling on Guyanese to remain calm and resist provocations. The calls came in wake of hours of unrest in the Sophia community in South Georgetown late on Elections night. A number of cars and a stable belonging to a resident of […]
The incumbent People’s Progressive Party on Monday afternoon denied that it was preparing to challenge the results of the elections should those results be unfavorable to the party. However, party officials raised allegations of persons voting multiple times and being able to remove the ink which was used to stain their fingers. The Guyana Elections […]
Presidential Candidate of the APNU+AFC coalition David Granger was forced to head down to a polling station at the St. Sidwell’s Primary School to allow Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Kwame McCoy to leave the area. Scores of persons gathered outside the school compound on Monday afternoon after receiving information that McCoy was visiting […]
The Electoral Observer Mission of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in its preliminary assessment of Monday’s elections, has registered its dissatisfaction with the provisions put in place to allow for elderly and disabled persons to cast their ballots. The laws of Guyana cater for proxy voting but persons wishing to cast proxy votes for […]
The APNU+AFC Coalition is still monitoring the voting process across the country on Elections Day and is generally satisfied with the voting process “so far”. Co-Chairman of the APNU+AFC coalition, Raphael Trotman told reporters at an early Monday afternoon press conference that the coalition remains confident of victory when the results are announced. He said […]
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