Costs from the CCJ case should be paid to the Consolidated Fund

Jul 15, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

As a Guyanese citizen, I would like to express our disgust at the now world-record time between voting and a declaration of the consequential results. I am informed that in the case of Eslyn David vs all other Guyanese, the CCJ will be considering costs after the 22nd of July submission deadline.

I would like all lawyers including those submitting to consider the following costs to be included, these costs payable into the Consolidated Fund. These costs are necessary so that frivolous matters are not litigated so as to create delay causing innocent parties to suffer material loss and emotional stress; they are paramount in preventing the law from becoming a tool of the unlawful. Some costs to consider in the recent issue are:
1. The cost of keeping the full machinery of GECOM running from the 6th of March to date.
2. The cost incurred due to the recount.
3. The cost due to the lack of growth in business, and the decrease in some.
4. The loss in tax revenue due to #3.
5. The increase cost the state and its citizens bore due to the increase in stress related health issues.

I am not schooled in these matters but there may be many more to be added to that list.
I seem to recall Sirs Jonas and Crawford saying the law provides remedy. I am calling for our conscientious lawyers to file a class action lawsuit or whatever the remedy is. We the Guyanese are hurting from the law, even APNU+AFC diehards though they know not.

Yours truly,
Mohamed Fazadh Khan