Year: 2020

‘Electoral fraud’

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…ABCE countries express outrage over APNU/AFC’s attempt to hijack elections in Guyana The Heads of Mission of the Embassy of the United States of America, H.E. Sarah-Ann Lynch, the British High Commission, H.E. Greg Quinn, the Canadian High Commission, H.E. Lilian Chatterjee, and the Delegation of the European Union, H.E Fernando Ponz-Canto, on Thursday, express deep concern over credible allegations of electoral fraud which may influence the results of this election. In a statement on Thursday, the foreign envoys restated their call to ensure proper procedures are in place to…

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‘Blatant theft’

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…condemnation grows over attempts to ‘hijack’ elections in Guyana In what can be described as a clear violation of Guyana’s electoral laws, the Returning Officer (RO) for District Four (Demerara-Mahaica), declared unverified results as the controversy into the verification of the District’s Statements of Poll (SOPs) continue. Guyanese voted in the constitutionally overdue elections since Monday and all the districts, with the exception of District Four, have followed the clearly outlined process of verifying each SOP before the RO made their declaration of results. Marred by controversy The declaration of…

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Former Barbados PM clashes with Karen Cummings

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…following her threat to revoke int’l observers’ accreditation In a move that completely stunned stakeholders and attracted the wrath of at least one Elections Observer Mission in Guyana, former Foreign Affairs Minister Karen Cummings on Thursday morning threatened to revoke the accreditation of foreign organisations to observe the 2020 General and Regional Elections. The threat was issued during a meeting with some observers at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre at High and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown amid much commotion following a fifth dramatic delay in the verification of the…

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PPP files injunction to block declaration of unverified results

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…GECOM officials in contempt as it defies injunction The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on Thursday obtained an injunction from the High Court of Guyana to stop the declaration of unverified results in District Four (Demerara-Mahaica Region). This move was taken after Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo attempted to declare the regional results from Monday’s poll without completing the verification of the Statements of Poll – a process that had been halted several times since Wednesday. Representatives from the various political parties that contested Monday’s elections as well as both local…

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PPP/C confident of sweeping polls

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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo has told supporters that his party is very confident about sweeping the upcoming polls and once elected, would work very hard to ensure that Guyana is put back on the path of development after almost five years of “APNU/AFC stagnation”. Jagdeo said that based on the party’s track record, when compared to the APNU/AFC, he is certain that the PPP/C will perform extremely well as all members and supporters are mobilized to ensure victory is achieved. He said that one…

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Mash Costume and Float Parade: Explosion of Colour and creativity

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Our culture, our language, our history, and our values are vital to uniting us as a nation, as a people, and as the melting pot that we are. Nothing unites us more than a celebration of everything that is in that pot and one such celebration is Mashramani. Mashramani translates as “celebration after hard work” and it is a time where we as Guyanese take the time to go out into the streets and celebrate everything that truly makes us unique as a people. It is a time when we…

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Sri Lankans fined for entering Guyana illegally

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Four Sri Lankans were placed before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer the charge of illegally entering Guyana. They appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. Anthony Jeyaraj, Thambirasa Jan, Siriran Senthusaan and Sebamlall Dias all pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that between January 18, 2020, and February 22, 2020, at Springlands, they entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without presenting themselves to the nearest Immigration Office. The Sri Lankan nationals claimed they are tourists who came to Guyana on a Surinamese boat. According to the facts…

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Fatal flaw…

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…of Granger David Granger, now vying for a second term as President, is first and foremost a military creature. But most pertinently, he imbibed his view of the role of the military from Forbes Burnham, who plucked this policeman from the Queen’s College Cadet Corps, sent him to military school in England, and then pushed him to play a leading role in the Disciplined Forces formed by the dictator. Granger has been honest in insisting that his role model is Burnham, whose legacy it is his mission to complete. Even…

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Granger’s five years in power has revealed a man of poor judgment, weak leadership and low achievement

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Dear Editor, That I supported David Granger and the APNU/AFC coalition in the 2015 elections is a matter of public knowledge. Neither conscience nor logic nor reason allows me to do so again. As a leader with a nought point one three per cent, and a one-seat majority in a hugely bifurcated society, instead of fostering national healing and reconciliation, Granger has been more divisive than disappointing. Instead of policies and strategies to bring the communities closer, he, his Government and several high-level appointees have shown, at best, an insensitivity…

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