By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
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 News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Crime, News
With the Guyana Prison Service stepping up efforts to clamp down on the smuggling of contraband items into the prisons, another Prison Officer has found himself facing charges before the Courts. The 22-year-old Prison Officer, Keon Webster, was today remanded to jail after he was charged with the smuggling of marijuana into the prison. The […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
News, Politics
One day after the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission was “flawed”, President Granger wants the Court to identify the flaw. Speaking to reporters at his office this morning, the President maintained that he acted within the Constitution on the appointment of a […]
By News Source Guyana on June 19, 2019
News, Politics
Having accepted the rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice, President David Granger this morning said he intends to write the Leader of the Opposition in the coming days to invite him to restart consultations on the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The CCJ ruled yesterday that the President’s unilateral appointment […]
By News Source Guyana on June 18, 2019
News, Politics
The American, British, Canadian and European envoys in Guyana in a two-line statement this afternoon said issued a call for the parties in Guyana to find an agreement on the way forward in wake of the rulings handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice. In a joint statement, the Diplomatic Missions said “the Caribbean […]
By News Source Guyana on June 18, 2019
News, Politics
A dejected Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams today told reporters that the Government of Guyana will abide by the rulings handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice in the no-confidence and GECOM Chairman cases. Mr. Williams told reporters that the Government had always indicated that it will respect the ruling and it will […]
By News Source Guyana on June 18, 2019
News, Politics
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo today said that his party expects that General Elections will be held within the next two to three months. Mr. Jagdeo’s announcement came a few hours after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that the government was defeated in a vote […]
By News Source Guyana on June 18, 2019
News, Politics
In an address to the nation from Bartica in wake of the ruling by the CCJ, President David Granger this afternoon said that Guyana will be heading to the polls, but the country cannot proceed to elections with the current voters list. “It is essential that we hold fair, free and credible elections. We cannot […]
By News Source Guyana on June 18, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]