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US funding for Guyana elections

Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 9:47 AM, Source

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The United States says it is providing US$300,000 to fund local and hemispheric observers as Guyana prepares to elect a new government on May 11.

"It is our hope that international and domestic observation will increase public and stakeholder confidence in the electoral process, culminating in all political parties' acceptance of the ultimate results," the US Embassy here said in a statement.

It said that the money would be used to support the monitoring programmes of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB).

"These resources will assist in their efforts to ensure fair, free, and credible elections in Guyana on May 11th,” it said, adding “the US Government is pleased to support the two organizations in bringing their credible and critical analysis to Guyana’s 2015 electoral process”.

Both the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and the coalition alliance of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) on Tuesday named their candidates for the May 11 regional and national poll.

In its statement, Washington said that it would continue to advocate globally for the expansion and strengthening of democratic governance and that regular free and fair elections are critical in this regard.

It said that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has established a strong track record of ensuring ‎free, fair, and credible ‎elections for the people of Guyana, and "we have full faith and confidence in its ability to do so once again in 2015."

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OAS and Guyana sign pact for elections observer mission

April 8, 2015, By Stabroek editor, Source

The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Permanent Representative of Guyana to the Organisation, Bayney Karran, today signed an agreement by which the institution will send an Electoral Observation Mission to the general elections of May 11.

A release from the OAS said that the ceremony took place in Panama City in the backdrop of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, to be held on April 10 and 11. The release said that the Secretary General expressed his hope that “this will be a very good moment for Guyanese democracy,” and his conviction that, “as always, the government of Guyana will give the Mission all the facilities they need to do their job well.”

Insulza recalled that this will be the fifth Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS has deployed in Guyana, and announced that the Chief of Mission will be the former Foreign Minister and Ambassador of Belize to the OAS, Lisa Shoman.

The release said that Karran highlighted “the role that the OAS plays in strengthening democracy in the Hemisphere because democracy and good governance are fundamental to the development agenda, to human rights, to security and to so many other important areas of work.”

He added that “This election that is about to take place on May 11 is going to be a very pivotal election in Guyana, and will have far reaching consequences for the governance of the country irrespective of the result”.

The release said that the OAS has observed elections in Guyana in 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2011.

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