May 11 is elections day in Guyana

The eager anticipation is now over, as Head of State, Donald Ramotar (on Tuesday) declared that General and Regional Elections will be held on Monday, May 11, 2015. The President made the announcement, during an address to the nation, in which he recalled the circumstances that led to this eventuality.

He recalled that he prorogued Parliament on November 10, 2014 with good intentions, as he was opting to preserve rather than end the life of the 10^th Parliament.  “I was also attempting to avoid further political conflict and was seeking avenues of political accommodation, between my government and the Parliamentary Opposition parties.”

He explained that he had hoped that the period of prorogation would have allowed for ‘extant tensions’ to ease and for all of the parliamentary parties to constructively engage the government.