Guyana Elections 2020

At 2 this afternoon, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will deliver her ruling on the suit seeking full verification of the vote count for Region Four at last Monday’s general and regional elections.

Several international observer groups plan to stay in Guyana until elections results are declared.

President David Granger will not be able to escape accountability for the events post the March 2 general and regional elections, the PPP says. 

PPP/C candidate Gail Teixeira on Sunday labelled government’s claim that it expelled Russians from Guyana  on the belief that they were here to interfere in the electoral process at the behest of the opposition as “ludicrous and comical,” while saying that Guyana is descending into a police state.

The erection of security barriers around the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Office of the Returning Officer for Region Four at High and Hadfield streets, Georgetown, has resulted in businesses in the vicinity being unable to operate as normal.

Chief Justice Roxanne George today hears the case which seeks full verification of the results of Region Four in the General and Regional Elections held on March 2.

Guyana’s protracted election process continues to draw attention from Western countries with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announcing yesterday that he had discussed the issue with Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday told  representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observer Mission that there can be no swearing in of a new President without the verification of the results for Region Four.

Adverting to elections-related unrest in recent days, President David Granger yesterday said he won’t allow “political malefactors to hijack our democracy” and compromise public order.

As the courts now consider whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has complied with the law in its handling of the results of voting in Region Four from last week’s general elections, the law suggests that if needed there should be at least four copies of each Statement of Poll (SOP) from every polling station in the region in possession of at least four persons, including the Chief Election Officer (CEO).

Change Guyana, the party of businessman Robert Badal yesterday said the swearing in of an illegitimate President on the basis of unverified elections results will set the country back by decades.

Adverting to elections related unrest in recent days, President David Granger today said he won’t allow “political malefactors to hijack our democracy”.

With a tense nation still awaiting the results of the March 2 elections with no clear idea of when this will be revealed, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) executive Timothy Jonas has urged the PPP/C to reach out to the APNU+AFC and agree to a truce before results are announced.

The High Court will hear arguments on a suit seeking full verification of the vote for Region Four at last Monday’s general and regional elections at 3pm tomorrow after acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled yesterday that the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday wrote GECOM Chair Claudette Singh demanding the resumption of verification of the Region Four voting at Monday’s general elections but the chair replied yesterday and said that the matter was sub judice.

Guyana Foundation head Supriya Singh-Bodden, who endorsed President David Granger in 2015, says both he and Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, owe the nation an explanation for the events that occurred after the March 2nd elections.

Aside from the violent protests in Berbice and the East Coast Demerara on Friday, supporters of the PPP/C also demonstrated at other locations against what they claimed was the “rigging” of last Monday’s elections.

President David Granger, yesterday morning, met former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding and his team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) Observer Mission in Guyana.

Chief Justice Roxane George this afternoon ruled that the court has jurisdiction in a case brought by  a supporter of the PPP seeking full verification of the vote for Region Four at Monday’s General and Regional elections.

The Guyana Elections Commission today said that as the Constitutional agency responsible for the conduct of General and Regional Elections in Guyana it is cognizant of the series of events which unfolded since the close of the Polls on Elections Day, 2nd March, 2020.