Bacchanal in Guyana's Election Results!

[speedmelter]

^^^ Lowfeild seems to be an agent of the Black goverment and taking instructions from them.

Trinidad under PNM is following the same pattern as the EBC is under their control

This is true and worrying

[The_Honourable]

Not only the the Ambassador of the United States of America, Ambassador of the European Union, British High Commissioner and the Canadian High Commissioner came out today...

Mottley slams invalidation of Guyana votes



CARICOM chairman, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, on Wednesday slammed Guyana chief elections officer Keith Lowenfield for his latest recount report in which he invalidated more than 115,000 votes.

Her criticism came one day after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) issued an order to block the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) from using this report to declare a winner in Guyana's March 2 regional and general elections.

On Tuesday, Guyana’s Court of Appeal ruled on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls. After the ruling, Lowenfield submitted what he claimed to be a report of the “valid and credible votes” at the elections to GECOM, showing a victory for the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (AFC(APNU/AFC).

The court's decision was immediately appealed to the CCJ by opposition, People's Progressive Party (PPP) general secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali.

In a statement, Mottley said Caricom was concerned about reports that Lowenfield submitted a report to GECOM "which is contrary to the directions given by the commission and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the very staff of the GECOM and witnessed by representatives of the political parties."

She asked on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat did Lowenfield determine that he should "invalidate one vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the GECOM in the presence of the political parties.

Mottley said, "We must remind all that if there is any evidence of fraudulent or improper conduct then there is a clear and well accepted route to deal with these matters. It is through an election petition to an election court."

She declared that any attempt to provide numbers different from those certified by the staff of GECOM "has left many in shock and wondering what next will happen to frustrate the will of the Guyanese people."

Mottley said Caricom remains committed to the people of Guyana and "remains resolute that the report of its observer mission was very clear in its conclusions as to the will of the Guyanese people as reflected in the recount which they monitored." After she observed it has been more than 100 days since the elections occurred and there is no declared result, Mottley said, "Regrettably we have seen a level of gamesmanship that has left much to be desired and has definitely not portrayed our Caribbean region in the best light. This is definitely not our finest hour and we must not shy away from that reality."

On March 14, Mottley led a delegation of Caricom leaders to Guyana to try and resolve the election impasse. The Prime Minister was part of that delegation. At that time, there was agreement to an election recount. Guyana President David Granger and Jagdeo agreed their respective parties would abide by the outcome of the recount.

Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2020/06/24/mottle ... ana-votes/

[speedmelter]

The current caretaker govt is simply buying time to empty the treasury further.

[pugboy]

the treasury only now start to get a lil change in it as the oil only start to now pump

it is absurd that so many votes got thrown out and no reason given and one man have all that power no questions to answer

The current caretaker govt is simply buying time to empty the treasury further.

[timothymcdavid]

The man the chief elections officer has no power to do that removing of votes like that can only be done after the results are declared via a petition ... he is just playing games ... thing is if the sanctimonious gangster is gonna stop being sanctimonious cause if you walk that far down the dark path maybe there is no turning back for them so maybe Guyana is the new Venezuela.

[speedmelter]

Worse than this has happened in guyana's history before, of course most of that went undocumented but the sheit that country had to put up with because of racism and thirst for power, its amazing that it can happen a second time. there is a reason why most indians migrated out of guyana, the level of racism faced at the hands of the africans over the last two decades is indescribable. I have african guyanese friends who are professionals working in trinidad and they themselves hold a guilt within them as to how their people treated indian people there.. only because they know better. I would have hoped that times would have changed the people but maybe it did to some.. but the thirst for power never changed.

[paid_influencer]

Guyana democracy in a holding pattern for 552 days now.

[zoom rader]

^^^ that rass look like stink mouth Hinds

[The_Honourable]

CCJ judges press counsel on jurisdiction question, decision set for Wednesday

-Ramkarran urges consequential order on what are the valid votes

After listening to more than six hours of submissions, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set next Wednesday at 3pm to rule on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal taken before it by PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, challenging the decision of the local Court of Appeal to pronounce on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls.

This means that Guyanese have at least another week before a declaration on the March 2 elections can be made and a new president sworn in.

President of the CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders, at the end of the proceedings, which started at 9am and ended at just around 4:30pm, said that the court appreciates need for expeditiousness on their part even as they attempt to assimilate all of the submissions presented.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/02 ... wednesday/

[The_Honourable]

Take in from 34:12

Live: Decision by Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in case of Irfaan Ali et al versus Eslyn David et al. The CCJ is to decide whether it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal before it from the Guyana Court of Appeal. If it finds it has jurisdiction it will render its decision.

[paid_influencer]

“That article in plain and simple language has always said what it meant and meant what it said,” Justice Saunders stated.

He said there was nothing in David’s application to trigger the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction. The CCJ ruled that the concept of valid votes is well known to the legislative framework in Guyana. Justice Saunders said there is a transparent process that weeds out invalid votes and that was done during the count, by removing spoilt ballots and so on.

Justice Saunders said there was no further need to reference valid votes and the unnecessary insertion of the word in Article 177 (2). As such, he said the Court of Appeal had unilaterally trespassed on the jurisdiction of the High Court.

He said what the Court of Appeal did was to invite the Chief Elections Officer to disenfranchise tens of thousands of electors and he could not do that.

“It has been four months since elections were held and the country has been without a Parliament for well over one year. No one in Guyana would consider this to be a satisfactory state of affairs. We express the fervent hope that the would quickly be a peaceable restoration of normalcy,” Justice Saunders stated.

https://newsroom.gy/2020/07/08/breaking ... t-invalid/

[paid_influencer]

The CCJ was presented with the ten certificates of the national vote recount which were all signed off as valid by GECOM workers under Lowenfield’s own supervision. The ten certificates, which clearly have the words valid on them, were displayed on live TV for the public to see. So just about anyone could add up the figures from the ten certificates and determine who the winner of the elections was.

https://newsroom.gy/2020/07/08/breaking ... t-invalid/

[The_Honourable]

The CCJ was presented with the ten certificates of the national vote recount which were all signed off as valid by GECOM workers under Lowenfield’s own supervision. The ten certificates, which clearly have the words valid on them, were displayed on live TV for the public to see. So just about anyone could add up the figures from the ten certificates and determine who the winner of the elections was.

https://newsroom.gy/2020/07/08/breaking ... t-invalid/

Not gonna lie, the Judge broke everything down and went in on this case during his judgement. The guyanaese appeals court, Ms. David who brought the case originally, and the chief elections officer Mr. Lowenfield all rebuked and struck down in one serving.

This clears the way for the head of GECOM to declare the elections. Let's see if Lowenfield would try BSing again in his new report.


CCJ Strikes Out Appeal Court Ruling Over Guyana Elections



In its ruling, the CCJ nullified a recent report submitted by Guyana's Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield in which he had dumped over 115,000 votes cast in the March 2 polls.

The CCJ has also ruled that Lowenfield should produce a report directed by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) chairperson, Justice Claudette Singh.

Justice Singh had written to Lowenfield directing him to prepare a final report based on the results of the national recount, which lasted more than 30 days.

The chief elections officer was required to tabulate the 10 statements of recount certificates to fulfil a constitutional obligation.

In delivering the judgment, CCJ President Adrian Saunders said “it was for GECOM to ensure that the CEO submits a report in accordance with its directive June 16 in order to proceed along the path directed by the laws of Guyana”.

The CCJ president said he hoped there would be a return to normality in Guyana.

People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali and General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo had taken the matter to the CCJ.

Ali and Jagdeo were challenging a ruling by Guyana’s Court of Appeal in the case filed by APNU/AFC supporter, Eslyn David.

The results, which constitute data generated from the 2,339 Statements of Recount, show that the PPP/C won the March 2 polls, amassing 233,336 votes.

The APNU/AFC polled 217,920 votes.

Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news ... -elections

[pugboy]

So that crook still gonna have his job after that blatant tiefery?
The ccj should issue an order for his arrest.

[zoom rader]

So that crook still gonna have his job after that blatant tiefery?
The ccj should issue an order for his arrest.

Prepare your anus as PNM will follow suit. EBC is already tainted by PNM

[The_Honourable]

GECOM meeting postponed to tomorrow

A proposed meeting today of GECOM on the way forward following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision has been postponed to tomorrow as government-appointed commissioners have requested time to study the ruling.

This manoeuvre by Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman had been expected as part of plans by the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition to further delay the process for the declaration of a result.

Observers note that yesterday’s CCJ ruling is pellucid in its dismissal of the Guyana Court of Appeal decision and the demolishing of the June 23rd report of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield dumping over 115,000 votes and purporting to hand victory to APNU+AFC when the winner based on the recount is the PPP/C.

At the last GECOM meeting where the certification of the recount result was to be considered Corbin and Trotman did not turn up and the meeting could not proceed as there was no quorum.

If they do not turn up for the meeting tomorrow, the GECOM Chair can call a meeting the following day and the a quorum would be formed by the Chair and three other commissioners.

Observers believe that APNU+AFC is still looking for means to block the certification of the result and the swearing in of Irfaan Ali as the new President.

They point to yesterday’s defiant statement by caretaker President David Granger insisting that there had been fraud at the March 2nd general elections. Neither Granger not APNU+AFC has presented any credible evidence of this.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/09 ... -tomorrow/

[De Dragon]

GECOM meeting postponed to tomorrow

A proposed meeting today of GECOM on the way forward following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision has been postponed to tomorrow as government-appointed commissioners have requested time to study the ruling.

This manoeuvre by Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman had been expected as part of plans by the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition to further delay the process for the declaration of a result.

Observers note that yesterday’s CCJ ruling is pellucid in its dismissal of the Guyana Court of Appeal decision and the demolishing of the June 23rd report of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield dumping over 115,000 votes and purporting to hand victory to APNU+AFC when the winner based on the recount is the PPP/C.

At the last GECOM meeting where the certification of the recount result was to be considered Corbin and Trotman did not turn up and the meeting could not proceed as there was no quorum.

If they do not turn up for the meeting tomorrow, the GECOM Chair can call a meeting the following day and the a quorum would be formed by the Chair and three other commissioners.

Observers believe that APNU+AFC is still looking for means to block the certification of the result and the swearing in of Irfaan Ali as the new President.

They point to yesterday’s defiant statement by caretaker President David Granger insisting that there had been fraud at the March 2nd general elections. [b]Neither Granger not APNU+AFC has presented any credible evidence of this.[/b]

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/09 ... -tomorrow/

When the initial result declaring him the winner came out, this fraud said there were no irregularities.

[zoom rader]

These scum share the same characteristics as the PNM

GECOM meeting postponed to tomorrow

A proposed meeting today of GECOM on the way forward following yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision has been postponed to tomorrow as government-appointed commissioners have requested time to study the ruling.

This manoeuvre by Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman had been expected as part of plans by the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition to further delay the process for the declaration of a result.

Observers note that yesterday’s CCJ ruling is pellucid in its dismissal of the Guyana Court of Appeal decision and the demolishing of the June 23rd report of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield dumping over 115,000 votes and purporting to hand victory to APNU+AFC when the winner based on the recount is the PPP/C.

At the last GECOM meeting where the certification of the recount result was to be considered Corbin and Trotman did not turn up and the meeting could not proceed as there was no quorum.

If they do not turn up for the meeting tomorrow, the GECOM Chair can call a meeting the following day and the a quorum would be formed by the Chair and three other commissioners.

Observers believe that APNU+AFC is still looking for means to block the certification of the result and the swearing in of Irfaan Ali as the new President.

They point to yesterday’s defiant statement by caretaker President David Granger insisting that there had been fraud at the March 2nd general elections. [b]Neither Granger not APNU+AFC has presented any credible evidence of this.[/b]

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/09 ... -tomorrow/

When the initial result declaring him the winner came out, this fraud said there were no irregularities.

[The_Honourable]

Guyana’s president still refuses to accept his election loss. Caricom says it’s time

The 15-member Caribbean Community is calling on embattled Guaynese President David Granger to respect a court ruling on the country’s disputed March 2 presidential and regional elections that would lead to him and his governing coalition turning over the reins of power to the opposition.

Granger and his A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition have refused to accept the findings of 33-day recount led by the Caribbean Community, or CARICOM, that found the country’s opposition had won the vote.

Instead, they have called for the vote to be annulled, arguing there were several irregularities and anomalies in the election. The argument was also made by Guyana’s chief elections officer, who ruled out more than 100,000 votes that he said were tainted by fraud and invalid.

The positions immediately led to a court battle because, under the elections chief’s decision, Granger’s coalition would hold onto power.

The Guyana Court of Appeal, which was asked for an injunction to stop the recount report from being presented to the Guyana Elections Commission, ruled that only valid votes should be counted.

Arguing that the Guayana Court of Appeal had no jurisdiction in the matter, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), led by former president Bharrat Jagdeo, appealed to the Caribbean Court of Justice, which is the final court of appeal for Guyana.

The CCJ sided with the opposition. Under its decision, the recount would stand, making the People’s Progressive Party/Civic the new governing party.

On Thursday, CARICOM and its newly installed chairman, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, joined a growing number of voices from the international community calling for Granger to step down.

“The community calls on all stakeholders to respect the ruling of the CCJ, Guyana’s final court of appeal,” Gonslaves said in a statement on behalf of CARICOM, of which Guyana is a member.

Quoting the CCJ’s summary judgment, Gonsalves said, “The CCJ aptly stated: ‘It has been four months since the elections were held and the country has been without a Parliament for well over a year. No one in Guyana would regard this to be a satisfactory state of affairs. We express the fervent hope that there would quickly be a peaceable restoration of normalcy.’ ”

“Accordingly, the Court’s ruling should lead to a declaration by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of the results of the General and Regional Elections held on 2 March 2020, without further delay,” he said. “CARICOM commends the continuing patience and calm of the people of Guyana and calls on all stakeholders to respect the rule of law.”

One of South America’s poorest countries, English-speaking Guayana is poised to be one of its richest after the discovery of oil off its coast. But the post-election chaos is threatening its growth, which economists have projected to become the region’s biggest, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last month the Organization of American States, which observed both the vote and recount, called on Granger to respect the results of the recount and begin the transition of power.

According to the Guyanese government’s information site, Aubrey Norton, executive member of the ruling APNU, said he doesn’t agree with the CCJ ruling, saying it ignored pertinent facts related to the recount process.

Source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation ... 27162.html

[zoom rader]

Sorry state for Guyana, they in a mess

[timothymcdavid]

In a mess for now 8 billion barrels of oil and counting ... wont be in a mess for long ... but them Guyanese lawyers belly getting fat with court case in CCJ looks like another one coming real soon unless the chief elections officer relents on his report filled with largely disproven allegations.

[pugboy]

i guess if they refuse, next step is to get a court order and all the appeals that will follow that

the good thing is their final court is ccj so should at least move along quickly and ccj has already ruled in their favor

[zoom rader]

i guess if they refuse, next step is to get a court order and all the appeals that will follow that

the good thing is their final court is ccj so should at least move along quickly and ccj has already ruled in their favor

Yeah but CCJ is really an Afro kangaroo court and no one takes them seriously

[pugboy]

Granger certainly don’t look like he budging wither way and will likely continue to diss ccj

So caricom may have to send in troops and do a forced handover if there is such a thing.

i guess if they refuse, next step is to get a court order and all the appeals that will follow that

the good thing is their final court is ccj so should at least move along quickly and ccj has already ruled in their favor

Yeah but CCJ is really an Afro kangaroo court and no one takes them seriously

[zoom rader]

Granger certainly don’t look like he budging wither way and will likely continue to diss ccj

So caricom may have to send in troops and do a forced handover if there is such a thing.

i guess if they refuse, next step is to get a court order and all the appeals that will follow that

the good thing is their final court is ccj so should at least move along quickly and ccj has already ruled in their favor

Yeah but CCJ is really an Afro kangaroo court and no one takes them seriously

Wat troops ?

Troops are only used to clean roads after hurricanes

Caricom is a joke

[The_Honourable]

Troops yuh say? Caricom?

btw GECOM chair not playing today

GECOM Chair tells Lowenfield to submit recount report by 2pm



Opposition-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are cautiously hopeful that the torturous elections will end today at 2 pm when Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield submits a report of the “valid votes counted in the National Recount as per the Certificates of Recount.”

GECOM Chair Claudette Singh wrote Lowenfield yesterday setting the deadline for the report which signalled that she intends to abide by the recount result.

“The request was very specific. I hope Lowenfield brings that report. I hope [the elections] are finally at an end and we can make a declaration today,” Opposition-nominated Commissioner Bibi Shadick said in an invited comment. Her colleague Sase Gunraj expressed similar hopes but said he won’t be relaxing just yet.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/10 ... rt-by-2pm/

[rebound]

So Lowenfield would not be penalized in any way? Its business as usual?

The upper crust really have a different reality yes..

[The_Honourable]

Son of a b....

Lowenfield fails to deliver elections report, seeks guidance on request

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has failed to meet the deadline set by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh for the submission of a report on the results of the March 2 elections, saying that he needs “clarifications” in order to facilitate a lawful declaration of the results.

By way of a letter on Thursday, Singh asked Lowenfield to submit a report by 2pm today of the “valid votes counted in the National Recount as per the Certificates of Recount.”

However, in a written response, Lowenfield has informed Singh that prior to the preparation and submission of the report, “some clarifications are imperative… to safeguard against any action deemed unilateral.”

Among other things, he says that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) found that the order for the national recount was in conflict with the Constitution and a result could not create a new election regime. “Kindly provide guidance on which results of the Elections of 2 March 2020 could be lawfully declared,” he writes.

He further suggests that Singh’s directive that on the preparation of the report suggests a change in procedures from the historic practice of the submission of the elections report and as a result he also seeks guidance on this point, saying that the laws cited appeared to be dissimilar.

In her letter, seen by Stabroek News, Singh pointed out to Lowenfield that in accordance with Section 18 of the Election Laws Act No 15 of 2000 he is subject to the “direction and control of the Commission”.

She added that in accordance with that section, and pursuant to article 177 (2) (b) of the Constitution and Section 96 of the Representation of the People Act Cap 1:03, the CEO is “hereby requested to prepare and submit [his] report on the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections by 2 pm on 10th July 2020, using the valid votes counted in the National Recount as per Certificates of Recount generated therefrom.”

A previous request was made for Lowenfield to submit a report using the results of the recount, which show that the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) secured 233,336 votes compared to the 217,920 garnered by the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition.

However, instead of complying with this request Lowenfield submitted a report of what he claimed to be “credible and valid” votes. The report invalidated a total of 115,787 electors showing a total of 171,825 votes cast for the APNU+AFC compared to 166,343 for the PPP/C. He said that he had submitted the report in accord with a Court of Appeal ruling which addressed the term “valid” votes.

In response to an article published by Stabroek News which labelled his actions “insubordination” the CEO argued that he is not compelled to follow the directives of the Commission.

“At all times, I have acted in conformity with the laws,” he claimed.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) disagreed with this contention, noting in their ruling on Wednesday that it was inconsistent with the constitution for the CEO or the Commission to disenfranchise thousands of electors in a seemingly non transparent and arbitrary manner, without the due processes established in Article 163 and the National Assembly Validity of Elections Act.

The Court also ruled that the local appellate court acted outside its ambit when it pronounced on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2nd polls.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/07/10 ... n-request/

[pugboy]

well it is clear which side he stand on now

[zoom rader]

Let's hope we don't get a repeat of Guyana problem in TT. We already have PNM that seems to share the same strategy with the Guyana pro African party