Politics

Court action filed seeking to prevent GECOM from using recount votes for final declaration

Through Attorney Mayo Robertson, private Citizen Misenga Jones has filed Court action against the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chair and Chief Elections Officer of the Commission and the Attorney General. The applicant is seeking a declaration that the Chair of the Elections Commission is acting outside of the Constitution by the decision not use the […]

March 13 Declarations by ROs cannot be used for final elections report -GECOM Chair

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice Claudette Singh has decided to dispose of the 10 District Declarations that were made on the 13th March and has replaced those Declarations with the Certificates of Recount. In her decision at today’s meeting of the Commission, the GECOM Chair said: “the results of March 13 […]

Lowenfield asked to submit report again; Failure would result in DCEO being tasked with the submission of final report

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission has rejected the report submitted on Saturday to the Guyana Elections Commission by the Chief Election Officer and has now instructed him to submit a report in keeping with her original request. According to Commissioner Vincent Alexander, at today’s meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chairman told […]

GECOM to meet this morning on Lowenfield Report

The Guyana Elections Commission is set to meet this morning and the #1 issue on the agenda is expected to be the submitted report of the Chief Election Officer, which has come in for widespread criticism from several quarters. The Chief Election Officer submitted his final report on the election on Saturday, one day after […]

Six more COVID-19 Cases in Guyana

Guyana has recorded six new cases of the coronavirus but has also recorded six new recoveries, according to the latest figures released on Sunday. The country currently has a total of 126 active cases. The total recoveries have now climbed to 154.  17 persons have lost their lives to the disease in Guyana. Although the […]

Lowenfield submits final report showing APNU+AFC majority; PPP Commissioner Gunraj calls report an “eyepass”

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield on Saturday handed in his final report on the elections to the GECOM Chair showing the incumbent APNU+AFC with the majority of votes, but one of the PPP nominated Commissioners, Sase Gunraj, has already brushed aside the report as an “eyepass” saying that Lowenfield was in violation of the instructions […]

ABCE Diplomats meet with GDF Top Brass

The Guyana Defence today announced that the recently appointed acting Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess and a high level military team met today with the Diplomatic representatives of the US, UK, Canada and the EU. While not divulging details of the meeting, the GDF in a Facebook post said the Chief of Staff reiterated the “apolitical […]

GECOM Meeting ends with no final report submitted; CEO asked to submit report by 11am on Saturday

Today’s meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission ended after more than two hours with no final report being submitted by the Chief Election Officer after he sought a number of clarifications from the Chairman of the Elections. The GECOM Chair has since responded reinforcing her earlier request and requesting that the Chief Election Officer now […]