Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The de facto Government of Guyana’s decision to refuse, thus far, to grant permission to the Carter Center, a duly accredited International Observer Team, to complete its observation of the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections in Guyana has catapulted this nation to international ignominy.

Dear Editor,  I must start off by saying I generally do not read the Guyana Chronicle unless someone sends me a news item.  Such

Dear Editor, Barack Obama once said that “there’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter.”

Dear Editor, From its pronouncements on the recount, the coalition expects two outcomes: (i) confirmation of its electoral victory, and (ii) exposure of PPP rigging in the districts the PPP won.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s fragile post-election calm in 2006 to 2015 has been revisited by the tumultuous discord of the post 1997 and 2001 elections. 

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) wishes to offer clarity to some of the contentions advanced by Ms Gillian Burton-Persaud in her letter titled `Trade Union leaders seem to have gone into self- isolation’ which appeared in the May 01, 2020 Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I noted that Mr. Lincoln Lewis, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress sought to engage me in a letter in the Stabroek News of April 26  `An unjustified and sweeping attack on the GECOM Chair’.

Dear Editor, Twenty-five years ago, on May 4, 1995, our National Assembly passed one of our more significant pieces of legislation for social and gender justice, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

Dear Editor, In a landmark decision (see Riley v California) by the United States Supreme Court, written by its Chief Justice, Hon.

Dear Editor,  Inasmuch as I am perplexed by some of the decisions made by Chairman of Gecom, I will not cast aspersion on her competence and capability.

Dear Editor, In my humble opinion, what GECOM is offering is not a credible recount.

Dear Editor, Why is there this continuing hold up and holding out? 

Dear Editor, It was reported shortly after the political parties met with GECOM on Saturday that the APNU+AFC is the only political party which is not in favour of the recount to be live-streamed.

Dear Editor,  The process is a work in progress and is incomplete. 

Dear Editor, The maneuverings, modus operandi and attitude of the government after the No Confidence Motion, and following the 2020 elections has left me continuously humming Natalie Burke’s mega soca hit ‘Do wah yuh want wid me’.

Dear Editor, Looking beyond the official declaration of the National and Regional elections held on March 2, I wish to offer some comments on elections and governance generally, and specifically in relation to Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have just learnt that even before the recount begins, Alli and Harmon of APNU+AFC have declared their intention to hide treachery from the world by seeking to ban cellphones and deny cameras at the recount.

Dear Editor, Recounting all the ballots using the SOPs for Region 4, is all that’s needed to complete the tabulation for Guyana’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, in a manner that meets the requirements of the Representation of the People Act and rulings made by the Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire.

Dear Editor, Guyana lost Billy Braithwaite, a sports enthusiast who wore many hats drawing on a wide array of skills.

Dear Editor, Passengers who were unable to return to their respective countries when the curfew/lockdown had commenced, are being assisted by their respective Governments to return to their destinations.