Guyana Elections 2020

The latest news, photos and opinion on the 2020 General and Regional elections in Guyana. These elections will be held on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Keith Lowenfield
Keith Lowenfield

GECOM finalising elections results despite injunction

Despite an injunction in place preventing it from making a declaration of the total vote count from last Monday’s elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday continued to move ahead to finalise the results, with  Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield requesting that a meeting be called so that he may submit his final report.

Sewdat Devon Hansraj

Cops say Cotton Tree youth was shot while chopping ranks

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said Sewdat Hansraj, the youth who was fatally shot during last Friday evening’s protest at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, had been attacking its ranks with a cutlass alongside other protestors—an assertion that was rejected by his family and residents of the village, who called for an investigation to be done.

Prime Minister Mia Mottley

CARICOM Chair Mottley says every vote must count

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday called on Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials and the political leadership to work together to ensure that the tabulation of the results from Monday’s polling is done according to the law in order for a peaceful and legal completion of the process.

Guyana Bar Council alarmed at potential swearing in

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday voiced its “deep concern” at the prospect of any swearing in of a president on the basis of the purported declared results for Region Four and joined international observer missions in calling for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to comply with the legal requirements to ensure transparency and credibility of the polling.

Ali restates call for supporters to remain calm, respectful

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali yesterday once again appealed to his party’s supporters for calm, while saying that opposition has activated legal recourses to ensure that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) adheres to the law in the tabulation of votes for Region Four at last Monday’s elections.

LIVE: High Court hears injunction against GECOM

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire hears an injunction against GECOM. Justice Navindra Singh on Thursday granted an injunction in the matter against the Guyana Elections Commission, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield and Returning Officer for Region Four Clairmont Mingo.

Annuradha Sukra

Teen fatally shot at Cotton Tree protest

A Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice youth was fatally shot last night as violent protests that gripped the area earlier in the day continued and another teenager was also critically injured but was unable to be transported to the hospital in Georgetown for further medical care due to the roads being blocked by protesters.

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