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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: Nomination Day 2020 – Thirteen parties enter 2020 elections race

January 11, 2020 – 8:42 am

 Jan 11, 2020  News

Nomination Day 2020 kicked off with a loud and energetic start at the Umana yesterday, where 13 parties went to declare their lists of candidates to contest the March 2020 General and Regional Elections.

From early in the morning, people were decked in green, yellow, white and other party colours, filling the streets for blocks all around. Many of these parties had already had their vehicles stationed near the Kingston compound since the previous morning.

By 13:30 hours, electoral advisors had already come into the compound, with GECOM Chair Justice Claudette Singh and her team of Commissioners, as well as Secretariat workers.            Continue reading →

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Guyana: Investigations into grand corruption during PPP era in office will go nowhere – UK Expert- Dr. Sam Sittington

January 5, 2020 – 3:47 pm

 Jan 05, 2020  News – By Kiana Wilburg

– Key records either locked away, burnt or missing –  UK Expert- Dr. Sam Sittington

UK Financial Crimes Expert, Dr. Sam Sittlington

For more than a decade, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), have separately, and jointly, accused the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) of being responsible for massive scales of corruption which steered billions of dollars away from the national pursue.

But after assuming office in 2015, creating a State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA), and starting several investigations, not a single person within the PPP’s hierarchy is behind bars.      Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Former army chief Mark Phillips is PPPC prime ministerial candidate

January 4, 2020 – 12:14 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – January 3, 2020

Former Chief-of-Staff, Retired Brigadier Mark Phillips

The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says its Central Committee unanimously picked former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), retired Brigadier Mark Phillips as its prime ministerial candidate.

Mr Phillips will run alongside PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali at the upcoming March, 2020 general elections.

The PPP highlights Mr Phillips’ “long and distinguished career” of four years in the GDF, culminating with his appointment as the 8th Chief-of-Staff from September, 2013 until he retired in October, 2016.        Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Charrandass Persaud endorses PPP’s Irfaan Ali for presidency

December 30, 2019 – 12:39 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – December 29, 2019

Charrandass Persaud (Keno George photo)

Charrandass Persaud,  the former government parliamentarian who voted for an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion to remove the David Granger-led administration, has one year later openly endorsed People’s Progressive Party (PPP) presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali.

“I am telling you now that I will support Irfaan in his bid for President of the Republic of Guyana in this 2020 March 2nd general election and I know that I will make a valuable contribution to his team, to his party and to himself. I also know that Irfaan will do wonderful things for us as Guyanese,” said Persaud in a Facebook video.    Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: No guarantee ‘oil money’ will transform Guyana – PPP

December 24, 2019 – 12:19 am

Dec 23, 2019  News

Guarantees that petroleum production will be transformative for Guyana’s economic development and usher in prosperity for the people of the country are non-existent, according to the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP).

The parliamentary opposition gave its gloomy outlook over the weekend, on the short term fortunes of the nascent oil and gas industry.

According to the PPP, the announcement of ‘first oil’ should have fueled the hopes and aspirations of Guyanese across the country, given the opportunities in the oil and gas sector.      Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: PPP “likely” to win next elections but tighter anti-corruption efforts needed- US expert

December 9, 2019 – 12:06 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – December 8, 2019

Dr. Evan Ellis

The United States (US) will have to ensure that the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) sticks to its promises to keep a lid on corruption, with the likelihood of that party winning next year’s general elections, a Senior Advisor at U.S. State Department says in a recent assessment of the political and security situation.

“At the same time, given concerns regarding corruption in prior PPP administrations, while the US should embrace and work in good faith with a future PPP government, it must do so with its eyes open, holding the PPP to account with respect to its commitments to transparency, democracy, and commitment to free market and the rule of law,” Dr. Robert Evan Ellis states in his contribution titled “Security Challenges in Guyana and the Government Response” in Journal of the Americas.          Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: PPP’s pledge to reopen shuttered sugar estates ‘foolishness’ – Robert Badal

December 5, 2019 – 4:22 pm

– Badal says move would be costly, take time

Robert Badal
Robert Badal
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Reopening shuttered sugar estates would require hefty funding and time to transform them from their current states to financial profitability, says Change Guyana presidential candidate Robert Badal who warned voters to be wary of grandiose promises from politicians.

Taking a direct jab at the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), which has promised and has stated in its manifesto that it would reopen three of the four shuttered sugar estates, rehire laid off sugar workers and bring the factories into profitability, Badal labelled the promises “foolishness” and “lies”.

“From my business experience, that is impractical. And I would say, without any apology, they are trying to lie to the people, lie to the people again. You cannot close that sugar estate and after a year reopen that sugar estate. It is impossible!” he contended.

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GECOM discusses removing 20,000 names from national register

October 16, 2019 – 4:35 pm

— GECOM also ticking off names of previously registered persons

Posted by:  Demerara Waves -October 15, 2019

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is discussing the possibility of removing the names of at least 20,000 persons from the National Register of Registrants (NRR) because they have not uplifted their national identification (ID) cards over the years, and also ticking off the names of thousands of others who were previously registered as part of a heightened vigilance.

However, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says if the commission by a majority vote decides to go ahead with doing so, the matter is likely to go to court.          Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: PPP virtually endorses WPA’s cash transfers to poor: Hinds warns APNU of losing votes

October 4, 2019 – 10:04 am

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – October 3, 2019

Oil rig

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday virtually endorsed the Working People’s Alliance’s (WPA) proposal of direct cash transfer of some projected oil revenues, but preferring to target the poor and needy instead of all just over 200,000 households across Guyana.

“In fact, in our manifesto, we are going to be talking about conditional transfers, targeted transfers to vulnerable groups right at the beginning. We have to help single parents, we have to help children, we have to help the older people first and as our capacity grows and we get more money – we constantly have to see that it’s sustainable though.          Continue reading →

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