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EU Observers flag undue advantage of the incumbent party and need for campaign financing regulations

By Svetlana Marshall Monday’s elections were competitive and peaceful, but an undue advantage by the governing party, legal gaps and insufficient campaign rules, created an uneven playing field, the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) has found. The Election Observation Mission delivered its preliminary report on Monday’s General and Regional Elections at the Pegasus […]

PPP secures re-election as all Electoral Districts make Declarations

Returning Officers from across the country have made their official declarations of the election results in their regions, and those declarations point to the incumbent People’s Progressive Party winning the elections and remaining in Government. The Elections Commission is still to make the final declaration, but the declared results from the 10 districts have been […]

Cummings Lodge man dies in fire after murdering wife

A Cummings Lodge man who reportedly set his house on fire after brutally stabbing his wife to death, has also died as a result of burns that he sustained in the fire. A police report said the incident took place at around 1:30 this morning at Second Street, Cummings Lodge on the East Coast of […]

Commonwealth Observers offer recommendations for campaign financing and note reports of voter intimidation

While praising the voting day process at Monday’s elections, the Commonwealth Observer Group noted several concerns about the overall electoral process in Guyana, and has offered a menu of recommendations. In presenting the Group’s interim statement this morning, the Head of the Observer Mission, former Foreign Minister of Tonga, Mrs Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, said the Commonwealth […]

Citizens must play part in cleaning up of voters’ list -says CARICOM Observer Mission

The size of the voters’ list was among primary issues raised heading into Monday’s election, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) said, as it recommended that extensive work and even re-registration be done to clean the list ahead of future elections. The CARICOM Observer team has been in Guyana since August 26 observing […]

Jagdeo says PPP victorious with bigger majority in elections, but awaits GECOM’s official declarations

As the Guyana Elections Commission continues its tabulation of the votes from across the country, the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this evening said based on his party’s own tabulation of the statements of poll, it has not only won the elections, but will be heading into the Parliament […]