Universal adult suffrage, with its promise of Independence and social justice, gave rise to popular participation of workers and farmers in active politics. These, along with professional and small business owners, were mobilized by the PPP. The dominant foreign business operatives, their allies in the big business community and the high bureaucracy, formed the ruling […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
June 13 marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Walter Rodney, described by Martin Carter as killing “the origin of rain.” The struggle for official recognition of Walter Rodney’s contribution to the freedom of Guyana has been long and arduous. Revered even in his lifetime for the bold and courageous deployment of his dynamic […]
The Alliance for Change (AFC), the junior partner to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in the alliance, APNU+AFC, which formed the government of Guyana from 2015 to 2020 and which now forms the Opposition, has hinted at a press conference on Friday last, reported in SN yesterday, that it will not renew the Cummingsburg […]
Can GECOM investigate complaints of irregularities that allegedly occurred in elections after results have been declared? It cannot. Can GECOM investigate complaints of irregularities occurring in elections while the elections are going on and before results have been declared? It can, where possible. In the latter case, where one or more of its employees commit […]
It was reported on June 15 that the Chair of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, opposed an investigation by GECOM into the elections proposed by Opposition nominated members. Justice Singh made a distinction between a review of GECOM’s processes in effectively conducting an election and an investigation into what transpired during a particular election. The Chair […]
