Over 25,000 persons could be excluded from the 2020 Official List of Electors (OLE) if they do not uplift their national identification cards, some of which have been sitting uncollected at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) since 2008.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the list of registrants generated from the contentious national house-to-house registration exercise but commission members are divided on how the information is to be treated, while the opposition has questioned its legality and called for its withdrawal.
Four years ago, Jai Narine Singh Jr, well known as Don Singh, was feverishly battling on social media to remove the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) from government but today he is part of the Civic fold, part of the “bridge” between the rigidly structured and controlled PPP and civil society.
Stressing the need for full ownership of their lands, National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) Chairman Nicholas Fredericks yesterday called for unity between government and the opposition and within the indigenous community as indigenous leaders gathered for a five-day national conference.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to proceed with a 42-day long Claims and Objections (C&O) process, which began yesterday, although opposition-nominated commissioners maintained that a 35-day process had previously been agreed upon.
A little more than four years after it promised to restore collective bargaining for all the relevant elements of the public service, the APNU+AFC government is receiving mixed to negative reviews on its progress.
The decision by the Local Government Commission (LGC) to discipline Town Clerk Royston King based on recommendation from a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall was yesterday nullified by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.
Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall this morning ruled that the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which recommended disciplinary action against Town Clerk Royston King, resulting in his sacking, was unlawfully established and all of its decisions are null, void and of no effect.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will today be meeting with representatives of the governing APNU+AFC coalition as the question of a date for general elections remains up in the air.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that a March elections date was totally out of the question, while another member of his delegation has claimed that GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has committed to “working towards a timeline of having elections long before the end of the year.”
GECOM will bring the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise to a premature end on August 31st.
Like many of his peers, Davindra Bridgmohan is today celebrating his success at the recently concluded Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, where he secured 10 passes.
Retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh was sworn in as the first female chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday and signalled that the constitution would be her guide.
President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ended weeks of deadlock, leading to the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh SC as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), thereby clearing a key hurdle on the path towards the holding of general elections.
Members of civil society were yesterday left flabbergasted when a promised engagement with President David Granger proved to be less than expected as he delivered a prepared speech to make the case that his government is not delaying the holding of due elections and then abruptly left those who had gathered at his request.
Thousands of enumerators took to the streets yesterday as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) began a contentious house-to-house registration exercise across the country, prompting Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to direct his party’s supporters against participating as he announced plans to seek an injunction to stop it.
President David Granger has rejected five of the 11 names submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo as possible candidates for the Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and has given reasons.
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