{"id":25172,"date":"2025-01-06T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25172"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:10:34","slug":"opposition-accused-of-attempting-to-delay-2025-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/opposition-accused-of-attempting-to-delay-2025-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Accused of Attempting to Delay 2025 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>November 21, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leaders have been accused of orchestrating yet another strategy to delay the scheduled 2025 general and regional elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This claim was made by PPP General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, during his weekly press conference, in response to recent statements by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo addressed the opposition&#8217;s push for the use of biometric data in the electoral process, which he argued was an intentional tactic to delay the elections by up to eight months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is expected to inform President Irfaan Ali of its readiness to hold elections by August 2025, and such a delay could have significant consequences on the electoral timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Dr. Jagdeo criticized Norton&#8217;s comments regarding the exclusion of foreign nationals, particularly Venezuelans and Bangladeshis, from voting in the upcoming elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norton recently stated that his party would ensure polling agents object to the participation of foreigners in the electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo reiterated that the ruling PPP\/C government is open to improving the powers of presiding officers to ensure only eligible voters participate, but emphasized that this must align with the laws and constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Secretary also expressed support for GECOM\u2019s response, which labeled Norton&#8217;s statements as &#8220;mischievous&#8221; and urged political stakeholders to exercise caution when making public remarks, as they could negatively impact the democratic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ongoing dispute continues to spark debate about election integrity and fairness, as the country approaches its next major electoral event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2024 Opposition leaders have been accused of orchestrating yet another strategy to delay the scheduled 2025 general and regional elections. This claim was made by PPP General Secretary,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25173,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25172\/revisions\/25173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}