Title: Expressing support for democratic elections in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution commends Guyana for holding peaceful, multiparty general and regional elections and supports the current recount of all ballots cast. It also calls on (1) all parties to respect the outcome, and (2) the citizens of Guyana to respect the rule of law and human rights as the recount proceeds.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 101

    Expressing support for democratic elections in the Co-operative 
                          Republic of Guyana.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2020

   Mr. Bishop of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings, Ms. 
   Jackson Lee, and Mr. Johnson of Georgia) submitted the following 
 concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing support for democratic elections in the Co-operative 
                          Republic of Guyana.

Whereas the people of Guyana voted on March 2, 2020, in general and regional 
        elections;
Whereas the Guyanese people showed their strong belief in the democratic process 
        by approximately a 75 percent voter turnout; and
Whereas although international observers such as the Organization of American 
        States (OAS), the Commonwealth, the Carter Center, and the Ambassadors 
        of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and the European Union 
        issued preliminary statements, based on their observation on Election 
        Day, suggesting that the voting itself was free and fair, it has been 
        alleged that irregularities occurred in the vote tabulation process, 
        leading to a decision made by the Guyana Elections Commission on March 
        15, 2020, to conduct a recount of the ballots cast under the supervision 
        of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) commends the people of Guyana for holding peaceful 
        multiparty general and regional elections;
            (2) supports the current recount by the Guyana Elections 
        Commission of all ballots cast, under the scrutiny of CARICOM, 
        an organization deemed acceptable to all parties, the 
        International Observer teams such as the Carter Center, and the 
        duly appointed representatives of the contesting Political 
        Parties;
            (3) calls on all parties to respect the Declaration of 
        Results consistent with the laws of Guyana as the final 
        decision and make a vow for peace and stability in Guyana; and
            (4) calls on the citizens of Guyana to remain calm and to 
        respect the rule of law and human rights as the recount 
        proceeds under the framework of respected democratic norms.
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