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Lawyer concludes argument to strike out Elections Petition

Oct 08, 2015 News

Attorney-at-law Roysdale Forde has submitted final arguments in the motion filed to strike out the Elections Petition.
The elections petition was filed on behalf of PPP/C member, Ganga Persaud, on June 23, last. According to the document, Persaud and members of the former government are questioning the validity of the May 11, 2015 polls which declared the APNU+AFC Government winners.
In the petition, Persaud who was appointed Elections Agent of the List of Candidates for the PPP/C, claimed that the elections were “unlawfully conducted” and the result of the elections was affected or might have been affected by unlawful acts or omissions.
He underscored that the elections were not held in conformity with the Constitution of Guyana and the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 1:03.
Persaud named the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, and leaders of the eight political parties, which contested the last elections as respondents, in the matter.  The petitioner is being represented by Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall.
However Forde, in his representation of Lowenfield, had filed a summons requesting that the elections petition be struck out on the grounds that sections of the petition failed to disclose reasonable cause of action. He also argued that the petition is frivolous and vexatious.  The matter is continuing before Chief Justice Ian Chang at the High Court.
Attorney, Anil Nandlall is expected to respond to the submission s at the next hearing.
Three summonses have since been filed in relation to the elections petition. Among them is a request by Nandlall for a court order directing the Chief Elections Officer to produce the parcels of all elections papers and documents, including all the electoral lists containing the names of the persons entitled to vote.
He is also requesting all issued ballots, all unused ballots, all votes cast by electors, all Statements of Poll issued at specified polling divisions; all certificates of counting issued in respect to the votes cast at each and every polling division, and all polling books used at each and every polling station.

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