The three members of the Elections Commission representing the Opposition, recently issued a joint letter calling for the implementation of biometrics by way of electronic fingerprint technology, to identify voters at elections. This is a long-standing demand by the Opposition that picked up speed after the 2020 elections when the Opposition, in a deflective maneouvre, […]
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TRUMP’S DARK VISION PREVAILS
Donald Trump’s resounding victory has shattered the Democratic Party and the coalitions that sustained it since Franklyn Delano Rooseveldt and the New Deal. A Republican Party that has been having great difficulty in recent decades in sustaining an electoral majority captured enough of the white working class in 2016 to give it electoral victory. It has now expanded that support to include enough African-American men, Latinos and youth to give Trump an overwhelming victory.Trump is no longer […]
WHAT DO ELECTIONS IN AMERICA MEAN FOR GUYANA?
In some circles in Guyana there might be sympathy for Republican Candidate Donald Trump in the US elections. It was the American Government under President Trump that intervened in the attempt by the APNU+AFC Government to rig the 2020 elections, resulting in the derailment of that nefarious plot. It was also the Republican Administration under […]
POLITICS AND THE NATIONAL TOSHAOS’ CONFERENCE
The annual National Toshaos Conference took place during last week and was addressed by President Ali. In his address the President emphasised the contribution that his government has made to the development of Amerindian communities. He pointed to increased budget allocations, extensive distribution of land titles, direct allocation of increased earnings from carbon credit and […]
THE CASE FOR A NEW VOTERS’ LIST
The voters’ list is created by law. It is extracted from the national register when an order is made by the Elections Commission. The national register is created pursuant to the provisions of the National Registration Act and under the supervision of the Elections Commission. In the past, the national register was compiled by periodic, […]