Conversation Tree

The news that a lawyer was “temporarily remanded…over his failure to submit promised evidence…[and] spent a few minutes in the holding area for prisoners on Wednesday” (SN September 30) is indeed disturbing. 

Article 127(1) of the Constitution provides as follows: “The Chancellor and Chief Justice shall each be appointed by the President, acting after obtaining the agreement of the Leader of the Opposition.”

I am not a practitioner of ethnic politics and will not be ensnared into that dead end.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II brings to an end the longest ‘reign’ of a monarch in British history.

Has the PNCR/APNU now transitioned to a fully fledged ethnic party prone to violence and threats of violence?

The conference, “Resisting the emerging apartheid state of Guyana,” scheduled for last Sunday, was postponed. 

The judiciary, along with the executive and legislature, is one of the three constitutional pillars of the state.

It is now over twenty years that inclusive governance, referred to previously by other slogans such as ‘participatory democracy,’ was enshrined in the Guyana constitution.

The month of August marks 25 years since the PPP’s selection of Mrs.

In his Tweet after the meeting with the President Irfan Ali and his team, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken said: “Guyana remains a key partner as we work to bolster food and energy security, promote shared prosperity and inclusive growth, strengthen transparency, and safeguard the environment.”

In 2012 I wrote an article that was published in the Mirror newspaper, which represents the views of the PPP.

Universal adult suffrage, with its promise of Independence and social justice, gave rise to popular participation of workers and farmers in active politics.

The Alliance for Change (AFC), the junior partner to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in the alliance, APNU+AFC, which formed the government of Guyana from 2015 to 2020 and which now forms the main Opposition, has hinted at a press conference on Friday last, reported in SN yesterday, that it will not renew the Cummingsburg Accord (Accord), its secret agreement with APNU, which comes to an end in December.

Can GECOM investigate complaints of irregularities that allegedly occurred in elections after results have been declared?

It was reported on June 15 that the Chair of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, opposed an investigation by GECOM into the elections proposed by Opposition nominated members.

The Leader of the Opposition could not have been under surveillance by policemen in full regalia, including masks, following his vehicle on motorcycles.

June 13 marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Walter Rodney, described by Martin Carter as killing “the origin of rain.”

The recent consultation process between President Ali and Opposition Leader Norton commenced on May 13 and was adjourned for the President to provide the CVs of the nominees.

The earliest manifestation of Guyana’s new status in the international community is the attention it attracted between the 21 December, 2018, and the 2 March, 2020.

Free and fair elections are guaranteed by access of all political parties to the political process, an accurate voters’ list, freedom to vote in conditions of security, the secrecy of the ballot, an adequate system of identification of voters, a transparent counting method and secure transmission of the results.