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Jagdeo’s counsel requests Lowenfield begins preparing for elections

Adverting to the consequential orders made on July 12 by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Anil Nandlall, counsel for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield requesting that he immediately begin preparing for general elections on a date no later than September 18, 2019.

Granger, Jagdeo meeting today on GECOM Chair
-concern over continued functioning of Cabinet to be raised with international community

President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo are expected to meet at the Ministry of the Presidency today to discuss the appointment of a Chair-person for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been warned against plans to begin a national house-to-house registration exercise, which its in-house lawyer says could be seen as contravening the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the no-confidence motion against government.

Special Assistant at the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Eric Phillips on Wednesday tendered his resignation after being officially informed that his private activities amounted to a “serious conflict of interest”, which, if ignored could have adverse effects on the organisation’s work.

This disclosure was made to Stabroek News yesterday in an exclusive interview by SARA Director, Professor Clive Thomas, who used the opportunity to repeatedly state that he was unaware that Phillips was part of a company which had applied for an offshore oil block in 2016. The application was not granted.

Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has admitted that he never advised President David Granger that the voters’ list was bloated with 200,000 names, raising questions about where President David Granger and the coalition got such ‘facts’ from.

In a further sign of the global interest in Guyana’s offshore oil, Qatar Petroleum said yesterday it had agreed a deal with Total ((link: TOTF.PA) TOTF.PA) to acquire a stake in the French energy giant’s two oil and gas blocks offshore Guyana.

in the meantime . granger holding on

Betrayal applies to the PNC, WPA and AFC more than any other individual or entity in the history of Guyana! But so many who were so vociferous when the PPP/C was in government have become dumb and deaf since the current government took power. Ironically the teeming defenders have all but disappeared, upset, no doubt, that this betrayal has taken place but unwilling to publicly talk about. And the extremist apologists now have become strident as they manufacture their facts and revise reality.