Georgetown: The Court of Appeal will Saturday hear the appeal in which APNU+AFC agent Misenga Jones wants the Court to throw out Monday’s decision of Chief Justice Roxane George.
The appeal is being heard by Appeal Justices Dawn Gregory, Rishi Persaud and Priya Beharry.
The Chief Justice had ruled that only the votes from the national recount currently stand and that the Chief Elections Officer must do as he is told by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
The hearing will be live-streamed at 10:00h. Through her Attorneys, Jones is asking the Court of Appeal to throw out the entire decision of the Chief Justice.
They are contending that the Chief Justice erred in several instances during her decision on the recount order being valid and the final declaration being made from the recount being lawful.
The Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, who is a respondent in the case, has decided not to make either written or oral submissions, his attorney Senior Counsel Neil Boston told the Court.
The Chief Justice in her definitive ruling said that GECOM must declare the result of the elections of March 02, 2020, only from the data garnered from the national Vote Recount and that any irregularities would have to be addressed in an election petition.
Even before the Chief Justice’s ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice had already ruled that the votes from the recount are the only valid votes and that GECOM must get the Chief Elections Officer to comply with its direction to prepare a report based on the national recount.
The Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that it will await the completion of the Court proceedings before it makes a declaration.
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