Category: Politics

Partnership for National Unity (APNU) presidential candidate David Granger said results of the recent elections were not the change the coalition sought, but it at least provided a chance for them to make that change. He, however, warned that change cannot happen “if we go back to the way things were. There can be no change without a new spirit of service and a new spirit of sacrifice. We must resist the temptation to resort to the sort of partisanship that poisoned our politics for decades. We will progress as…

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By Ariana Gordon  Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member Nigel Hughes last Thursday told the media that his party is pleased that the combined opposition has gained control of the National Assembly, but warned that the PPP/ C’s hold on “executive power” could still hinder their push for constitutional reforms. He was at the time addressing the media following the declaration of the 2011 general and regional elections at the Savannah Suite, Pegasus Hotel, Kingston. Hughes, an attorney-at-law, noted that the win provides ample opportunity for immediate constitutional change to…

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By Ariana Gordon    Cognisant of the stress endured by citizens as a result of the delayed release of the results of the just-concluded general and regional elections, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally has committed to ensuring that Guyana moves towards electronic voting. Surujbally had been under a lot of pressure recently for the inordinate delay in the declaration of the results, which was further postponed several times last Thursday. Speaking to an audience of several diplomats, and members of observer missions and civil society at the…

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By Christopher Mackintosh  Executive member of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Robert Persaud on December 1 said that even though the party has secured the presidency of Guyana, the results of the 2011 elections are indeed a disappointment. He blamed this on the opposition parties: the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and apathy. Persaud, who focused his attention on the party supporters, said that those who did not turn out to vote simply felt that the PPP/C’s victory was a foregone conclusion.…

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The opposition is calling for an overhaul of the Guyana Elections Commission after expressing their dissatisfaction over the way the commission oversaw the recently-concluded general and regional elections. The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has even gone further, calling for the resignation of the chairman of the commission, Dr Steve Surujbally. These calls were made when the party continued its protest actions outside of GECOM’s Kingston headquarters on Wednesday. “We are also asking for GECOM heads to resign with immediate effect, because we strongly believe that the elections were…

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Informal discussions on a common parliamentary agenda have commenced between the two main opposition parties that will hold the majority when the National Assembly reconvenes. This is according to prime ministerial candidate of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Dr Rupert Roopnaraine. “The discussion with the AFC (Alliance For Change) has not begun in earnest… but we are in touch,” he said on Friday. The APNU also is in the process of working out its legislative programme, Roopnaraine said. The APNU will then meet with the AFC to discuss…

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