Arguing that former president David Granger is a necessary party to the two election petitions filed by the APNU+AFC which he heads, senior counsel Douglas Mendes says that the late service of the requisite documents on Granger is fatal to both petitions and they must therefore be thrown out.
Attorney Basil Williams SC who represents Granger, however, refutes that he is key to the proceedings and points to a notice recently issued by the former president informing that he does not intend to oppose the petitions and will furthermore abide by whatever ruling the court makes.
Mendes, however, says that the notice does not suffice and cannot automatically render Granger unnecessary to the proceedings.