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PPP Commissioners open to supporting Carter Centre’s proposal to sanitise voters list
Opposition nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have expressed support for a suggestion made by the Carter Centre to sanitise the voters list instead of conducting a house-to-house Registration.
If the…
Phagwah greetings
PNCR Phagwah greetings 2019
The Peoples’ National Congress Reform extends sincere Holi greetings to the Hindu Community of Guyana, in particular, and Guyanese in general, on the occasion of the celebration of the Festival of Phagwah in…
Gov’t condemns continuous spurious allegations by Opposition Leader
Ministry of the Presidency, Georgetown, Guyana – (March 20, 2019) The Government of Guyana rejects the outrageous assertions by the Opposition Leader that President David Granger has colluded with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to…
Jagdeo unbending, says November too late for elections
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday declared that the Opposition will not bow to “fallacies” of the Government regarding house to house registration, saying without it elections can be held in a matter of months.
Jagdeo also…
Three GECOM Commissioners say Chairman’s letter to the President ‘improper and illegal
Opposition nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) say the letter written to President David Granger by Chairman of the GECOM, Justice (Ret’d) James Patterson about the agency’s readiness for elections is…
Elections in ‘late November’ – GECOM tells President
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) James Patterson has informed President David Granger that the Commission will be ready to hold elections in “late November.” This will be after the completion of the…
ERC finalising Code of Conduct for political parties
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is working on a code of conduct for political parties ahead of the upcoming general and regional elections.
The ‘comprehensive’ document is being finalised and will address discriminatory comments at…
Jordan sees need to guard against misinformation during ‘silly season’
As Guyana crawls into the elections season, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan is warning against misinformation.
The Minister on Monday pointed out that “you will find all kinds of information being put out unsupported by any source or…
Shuman’s Party tells Carter Centre that Opposition, Gov’t need to extend elections date
A delegation from the Carter Centre on Monday met with members of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) where they were informed that the Parliamentary Opposition and the Government need to work together and extend the deadline for general…
Lack of cooperation prevents decisive conclusion on hiring practices at GECOM
An investigation by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) could not come to a decisive conclusion that there was discrimination in hiring practices at GECOM since the top managers at GECOM did not fully cooperate with investigators.
“The…
