Attorney General Basil Williams said the government is still looking at appealing the recent ruling of acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that a president can run for a third term.
“Fortunately we have six weeks within which to file the appeal so we are working on it,” he said when asked yesterday what was government’s latest position on the issue.
Justice Chang on July 9 ruled that the presidential term-limit is unconstitutional without the approval of the people through a referendum, thereby creating an opening for another run by former president Bharrat Jagdeo. The court action had been brought by