Day: March 20, 2020

APNU/AFC, GECOM expose Guyana to sanctions – PPP

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The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has stated that the APNU/AFC coalition’s latest delay tactic in the ongoing elections fiasco has exposed the duplicity of incumbent President David Granger. On Tuesday, an injunction was obtained from the High Court to block the national recount, which was slated to commence that afternoon and be supervised by the independent high-level Caribbean Community (Caricom) team. Instead, the regional delegation, which was put together by the Caricom Chair, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley, upon the request and agreement of President David Granger and Opposition…

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President Trump urges FDA to consider Chloroquine to treat COVID-19

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…Guyana’s NEW GPC ramps up production One day after the NEW GPC announced that it was ramping up production of Chloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 persons, US President Donald Trump is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate barriers to getting therapeutics for coronavirus to patients. He said a drug currently used as an antimalarial — hydroxychloroquine — would be made available almost immediately to treat coronavirus. “It’s been around for a long time so we know if things don’t go as planned it’s not going to…

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US sends strong warning to persons involved in electoral fraud in Guyana

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The Government of the United States of America (USA), in its starkest warning to Guyana to date, since the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, said: “individuals who seek to benefit from electoral fraud and form illegitimate Government, [or] regimes will be subject to a variety of serious consequences from the United States.” The warning was issued on Tuesday from the highest level of US Diplomacy—US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. Speaking at a media conference on South American affairs, Secretary Pompeo told reporters “The United States is closely…

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Coalition cracks – JFAP calls on Granger to “do the right thing”

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…says vote recount must move ahead The Justice for All Party (JFAP), one of six Coalition partners, on Thursday, issued a call on President David Granger to “do the right thing” by ensuring that the recounting process of the ballots cast in the March 2 polls are done in an expeditious and transparent manner. Following is the full statement: Several years ago we, Mr Sharma, the Leader of the JFAP and myself Savitree Singh-Sharma, the General Secretary met Mr. Granger and have since held him in high regards. We believe…

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Linden man knifes woman and lover to death in jealous rage

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A man is in Police custody after he reportedly stabbed his ex-lover and her new spouse to death at the woman’s 177 Prosville, Wismar, Linden home on Wednesday night. Dead are 49-year-old Imogeme Gordon and 43-year-old Royston John, John is believed to be from Corentyne, Berbice. According to reports, the victims were discovered motionless with multiple suspected stab wounds to the upper parts of their bodies at the entrance of Gordon’s (deceased) premises about 20:35 hrs yesterday. They were pronounced dead on arrival at the Linden Public Hospital Complex and…

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Ramkarran says GECOM’s 15-day deadline to announce results “not mandatory”

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The 15-day deadline referenced in the Representation of the People Act, within which the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must announce results for a General and Regional Elections is directory and not mandatory. As such, the “swearing-in of the President after the 15-day deadline will attract no legal consequences.” This is according to former Speaker of the National Assembly, Senior Counsel (SC), Ralph Ramkarran. He gave his views over the weekend in a public social media platform and argued that the 15-day deadline is clearly “directory” and not “mandatory.” These are…

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Granger, the PNC and power

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Over the last year and a half, and especially during the post-NCM manoeuvres and elections hijinks, many commentators have either marvelled or bemoaned David Granger’s scant regard for the constitution (the NCM) or democratic institutions like elections (SoP). Constitutions, of course, are supposed to authoritatively allocate power in a state and elections are supposed to confer authority to a party or coalition to direct the affairs of state as the government for a specified period. To understand Granger’s seeming “idiosyncrasy” as some put it when he interpreted the constitution as…

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Mottley says “there are forces that do not want to see votes recounted”

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Chairperson of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley, in a strongly-worded statement said that there are “forces” in Guyana that do not want to see a recount of the country’s ballots from the March 2 General and Regional Elections. Her comment comes after the five-member independent high-level team, which she fielded to supervise a national recount, withdrew their services on Tuesday following an injunction from the High Court to block the recounting process. In a statement on Tuesday evening, Mottley explained that Caricom has been forced to…

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Guyana being held hostage to ‘selfish actions and desires’ of APNU/AFC – Ali

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Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Dr Irfaan Ali, has called out incumbent President David Granger for failing to uphold the agreement he signed onto for the conduct of a regionally-supervised national recount of the March 2, 2020 polls. In a statement on social media about the latest delay tactics by the APNU/AFC Coalition, Ali pointed out on Wednesday that it was expected that the agreement would have been implemented without any delays, so that Guyana is not “held hostage to selfish” actions and desires. He noted that…

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Granger will never allow a recount of the Region Four ballots until he makes peace with his loss

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Dear Editor, David Granger will never allow a recount of the Region Four ballots until he makes peace with his loss; for the ballots will confirm he lost the election and reveal his duplicity of efforts from behind his Chinese wall to subvert GECOM and have himself declared the winner. Ploy after ploy failed and then came the unanticipated divorce from the process by the US/UK/EU/Canada and the Organisation of American States observer mission. It left Granger with his ‘win’ but no possibility of recognition by any other country in…

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