Georgetown: Government on Friday afternoon moved containers containing ballots boxes from the Arthur Chung Conference Center without telling political parties.
This is happening as an order blocking a national recount of votes cast on March 02 by the Guyana Elections (GECOM) remains after several parties applied to be heard in the matter before High Court Judge Franklyn Holder.
Other than the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP), the three parties that contested separately with the intention of having their votes added are The New Movement; A New and United Guyana; and the Liberty and Justice Party.
The PPP is represented by Trinidadian Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes and attorney Anil Nandlall. Mendes was heard over Skype.
These parties contested the elections separately but used the legal provision for their votes to be counted together for the purpose of the allocation of seats in the National Assembly. The parties are represented by attorney Timothy Jonas and Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran.
Contempt of court proceedings against Mingo are pending before Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire.
The Attorney-at-Law, M. Robertson for Ulita Munroe,the applicant for the judicial review also confirmed that the substantive matter would not be heard until next week.
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh and the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield arrived in court under tight security.
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