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Guyana Politics: PPP challenges GECOM explanation on changes to particulars of 91,000 voters

January 25, 2020 – 12:16 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – January 24, 2020

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has challenged the legal basis for the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) changing of particulars of 91,000 electors stemming from the July-August house-to-house registration exercise, disagreeing that the information is unintentionally incorrect.

GECOM says the Commissioner of Registration, Keith Lowenfield, who is also the Chief Elections Officer, is legally empowered under Regulation 37 of the National Registration (Residents) Regulations Act to make any changes to any revised list within 21 days after certification once he is satisfied that any entry or omission in any list as revised is incorrect through inadvertence in the course of such revision.            Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Will the West Lose Guyana to the Chinese? – Ian McCredie | Fair Observer

January 24, 2020 – 12:10 am

By investing in Guyana’s oil industry, the Chinese are taking a longer, multi-generational view.

Ian McCredie | Fair Observer

Guyana, home to just 750,000 people, is about to leap from one of the poorest to one of the richest countries in the world. The financial predators are circling, led by the Chinese. Guyana‘s inexperience, incompetence and lack of Western interest will hand the Chinese a valuable prey.

Oil discoveries off the coast of Guyana are on course to produce about 1 million barrels per day of oil for 30 years. If oil fetches just $50 per barrel, this equates to nearly $500 billion. Guyana’s share of this will be approximately $300 billion; the other $200 billion will go to the Exxon-controlled consortium. The amounts are conservative estimates: New oil discoveries keep coming. Exxon and its partners, Hess and Nexen (the latter owned by the Chinese), landed a very sweet deal.       Continue reading →

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Guyana Elections: “Over 90,000 corrections” made to Revised List of Electors

January 23, 2020 – 12:07 am

 Jan 22, 2020  News

Over 90,000 corrections have been made to the Revised List of Electors (RLE), GECOM Commissioners, Bibi Shadick and Vincent Alexander told reporters yesterday.

According to Alexander, the changes were made based on information gathered in the recent House to House registration exercise. He noted that the names of over 370,000 persons were garnered in that exercise, and of those persons, over 90,000 would have changed their addresses from when they were previously registered.          Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Shuman bounced from elections by GECOM over dual citizenship

January 22, 2020 – 12:03 am

Dr. Vishnu Bandhu of the United Republican Party and Dr. Valerie Leung also rejected for dual citizenship.

Lenox Shuman
Lenox Shuman
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GECOM today ruled that the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman be removed from the list of candidates submitted by his party as he was a dual citizen at the time.

The ruling ends Shuman’s role in the election campaign as he was the presidential candidate for his party.  It would also likely put paid to any chance the LJP – largely focused on the indigenous population – had of gathering support at the elections.              Continue reading →

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Guyana Elections: ANUG, LJP, TNM join lists for elections 2020 + Editorial by Kaieteur News

January 19, 2020 – 12:04 am

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In a historic move, A New and United Guyana (ANUG), the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and The New Movement (TNM) have agreed to join their Lists of Candidates so that the votes they secure at the March 2 General and Regional elections could be counted collectively and improve their chances of securing parliamentary and regional seats.  Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Carter Center deploys observer mission ahead of elections

January 16, 2020 – 12:29 am

 Jan 15, 2020  News

The Carter Center has started work to observe Guyana’s upcoming elections.

The announcement came six weeks before the March 2 general and regional elections. This would mark 28 years of work by the respected US-based Carter Center.

According to the center yesterday, following an invitation from the Government of Guyana, it has launched an election observation mission to observe the March 2 general election in Guyana.

“The mission will observe and examine key aspects of the electoral process, including the pre-electoral environment, status of the Guyana Elections Commission’s preparations for elections, and campaigning.”          Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Mr. Jagdeo eyes pass African-Guyanese – By Dr. David Hinds 

January 16, 2020 – 12:21 am

 Jan 12, 2020 – Kaieteur News – Features / Columnists, Hinds’ Sight with  – Dr. David Hinds

According to reports, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo told attendees at the recent launch of the PPP’s 2019 campaign that the PPP “is the natural home for Afro-Guyanese”. This is not the first time the former president has spoken on the issue of African-Guyanese relationship to the PPP, but it is his boldest statement to date.

Both the PPP and the PNC have always sought to appeal to crossover voters while holding on to their traditional bases. Striking that balance has been problematic for them. I would argue that neither party has come even close to achieving that outcome. The difficulty lies in the entrenched voting pattern, which is grounded in the fact that neither ethnic group is prepared to accept the leadership of the other. So, voting across ethnic lines is seen as Political Heresy.            Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: GECOM: Flawed lists and ballooned numbers – Editorial by Kaieteur News

January 15, 2020 – 12:01 am

 Jan 14, 2020  Editorial by Kaieteur News

It is January and we have not progressed, relative to flawed lists and ballooned numbers. They speak for themselves and speak in the sharpest terms as this electoral process unfolds, and set the stage for further acrimony and endless quarrels.

It is not a good place for this society to be, as it is a manifest for crisis, with all the toxic ingredients present. There is a huge differential, as relayed by some numbers that stare in the face and bang in the head. There are just over 83,000 non-eligible voters, according to the Revised List of Electors coming from GECOM. Those are citizens under 18 years of age.

Nobody has to be privy to what state agencies have on their books, but clearly and incontestably there are way more than 83,000-plus citizens under age 18. Commonsense, the wisdom of the street, and honest brokers (not political) and agents will be pushed to justify what is patently flawed and wrong.

An anonymous source articulated to the media that the number of citizens under 18 is around 280,000.              Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Nigel Hinds steps down as Change Guyana PM candidate

January 14, 2020 – 12:37 am

 Jan 13, 2020  News        – cites dual citizenship and health issues

Co-founder of Change Guyana, Nigel Hinds, has stepped down as the party’s prime ministerial candidate.

Nigel Hinds

Hinds notified the public of the decision in a release late yesterday. The accountant cited his current dual citizenship status, revealing that he is a citizen of the United States of America.

Guyana’s Constitution does not allow dual citizens to assume a place in the National Assembly. Up until the December 21, 2018 No Confidence Motion, dual citizens from both major parties (APNU+AFC and PPP/C) had occupied places in the National Assembly, meaning that they had falsely declared themselves to be eligible candidates on their parties’ lists during the previous nomination day exercise leading up to the 2015 General Election.        Continue reading →

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Guyana Elections: “I will not sell my integrity for all the oil in Guyana” – GECOM Chair

January 12, 2020 – 12:30 am

 Jan 11, 2020  News

– GECOM Chair vows to deliver credible elections

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice retired Claudette Singh, is reassuring the populace that the Commission has not compromised its position to deliver free and fair elections.

Chairman of GECOM, retired Justice Claudette Singh

Speaking to reporters at yesterday‘s Nomination Day activity which was held at the Umana Yana in Kingston, the Chairman sought to dispel any rumour of attempts to discredit the elections’ process.

Justice Singh noted the negative comments in the press but reassured that the Commission has been working overtime to ensure that the Elections are credible.
“I am confident that the GECOM will be able to deliver free and fair elections the only one way I know and that is the correct way.            Continue reading →

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