The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Tuesday night said that it will issue an order no later than Wednesday that will continue to put on hold the Court of Appeal ruling in Guyana regarding the disputed March 2 regional and general election.
The CCJ, which is Guyana’s highest court, has informed all parties to the dispute that it “will no later than Wednesday 24th June, 2020 issue an Order that (a) maintains the status quo until further order; (b) orders the holding of a hearing in this matter on Thursday 25th June, 2020 at 3:00 p.m (local time), with a view towards (c) a full hearing of all the matters in dispute on Wednesday 1st July, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.”
The statement by the CCJ comes after the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, Tuesday submitted his report to the chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) showing that the ruling coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), had won the disputed elections.
In his letter to the GECOM chairperson, retired Justice Claudette Singh, the Chief Elections Officer said that he had “taken note of the guidance of the Court of Appeal…in the preparation of my report under Section 96 of the Representation of the People’s Act”
He said that his report contains “a table showing the credible and valid votes cast in accordance with the Representation of the People’s Act”.
According to Lowenfield’s tabulation, the coalition received 171, 825 votes as compared with166, 343 votes cast on behalf of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).
Based on his calculation, the coalition APNU will have 33 seats in the National Assembly, with the PPP/C gaining 31 seats and the parties on the Joined Lists gaining one seat.
CCJ doesn’t have any jurisdiction in Guyana election. I wonder what yall fake news going to do now since corrupt jagdeo will not be able to steal our oil money. Yall about to get banned and label a fake news agency.