Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire yesterday denied attorney Christopher Ram an order he was hoping to secure to stop the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from continuing the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise, while saying that she needed evidence that the exercise would go beyond September 18th, the three-month timeline by which elections are to be held.
Speaking to the media following the in-chamber hearing yesterday morning, Ram’s attorney, Anil Nandlall, said that his legal team will be providing the evidence requested by the court in further submissions to be filed.
According to Nandlall, while the conservatory order his client sought was denied, of significance was the fact that the judge emphasised “that she understands that the CCJ (Caribbean Court of Justice) ruled that the elections must be held by September the 18th.”