Indian elections would have taken 545 years to count
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Indian elections would have taken 545 years to count

Dear Editor, The proposal by GECOM to take 156 days to count 472,000 votes has been commented upon by others. At that rate the recent Indian elections would…

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Elections petition, recount and audit
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Elections petition, recount and audit

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines to state what I assume is obvious to some. I am also keenly aware that there are multiple persons and groups…

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Mr Granger no longer entitled to be called President
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Mr Granger no longer entitled to be called President

Dear Editor, On 21st December 2018 the APNU+AFC Coalition government lost a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly.  Article 106(6) of the Constitution of Guyana states: “The Cabinet…

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The truth lies in those ballot boxes for all ten regions, not only Region Four
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The truth lies in those ballot boxes for all ten regions, not only Region Four

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to articles in the press on a recent statement from the Private Sector Commission (PSC) ‘Private sector opposes total national recount…’. I…

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A dispassionate look at the next battlefields
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A dispassionate look at the next battlefields

Dear Editor, I begin at where I should conclude. It is that the recount, whatever the methodologies agreed to and employed, will not settle anything; but merely serve…

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Well done Jerome Khan
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Well done Jerome Khan

Dear Editor, Reflections on recent events. A) Take a self-denying oath of silence on the recount… that’s all you politicians and quasi politicians! You are just making unnecessary…

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Designed to further frustrate
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Designed to further frustrate

Dear Editor, The time frame of 156 days or some five months, proposed for the national recount is designed to further frustrate and drag out the election imbroglio.…

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COVID-19 cover for repression
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COVID-19 cover for repression

Dear Editor, David Granger now heads a de facto government; all pretense and the cover of legality have been stripped away. Granger speaks of a Cabinet and empowering…

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GECOM could increase the number of workstations to 30
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GECOM could increase the number of workstations to 30

Dear Editor, The GECOM position that it would take 156 days to count the ballots would be laughable if the situation in Guyana was not so grim.  Also,…

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It is not by coincidence that the 1945 Health Ordinance is being use
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It is not by coincidence that the 1945 Health Ordinance is being use

Dear Editor, David Granger now heads a de facto government; all pretense and the cover of legality have been stripped away. Granger speaks of a Cabinet and empowered…

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