Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC will on July 17 deliver her decision in a court action which seeks clarity on the President’s criteria for the selection of a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson, including whether a judge must be among the nominees for the post.
The action which was filed on behalf of businessman Marcel Gaskin was heard again on Tuesday and after asking a number of questions and hearing oral submissions from all the parties involved, the date for judgement was announced.
Gaskin had approached the court in March seeking a declaratory order on whether the list of nominees to be submitted to the President by the Leader of the Opposition, under Article 161 (2) of the Constitution, must include a judge, a former judge or a person qualified as a judge.
His move to court came amidst a