A city Magistrate on Thursday ruled that the two counts of misconduct in public office laid against Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers are to remain indictable.
Myers appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where Senior Magistrate Leron Daly upheld a submission made by Myers’ attorney, Nigel Hughes.
Hughes had made a submission for the charges to remain indictable. The matter will continue on March 9.
The decision by the magistrate orders for a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) be conducted to determine whether there is enough evidence for Myers to stand trial at the High Court.
After the Magistrate upheld the submission, attorney Ganesh Hira told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will be appealing the ruling of the magistrate. He then asked for the matter to be called again in March, when an update will be provided to the court.
Myers made her first appearance at the court in relation to the two charges on October 9th and was released on $300,000 bail. She was arrested on October 6th, after she turned herself into the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters, accompanied by her attorneys.
This newspaper had reported that Police spokesman, Assistant Commission-er Royston Andries-Junor, in a statement, said that Myers’ arrest came after several efforts made by investigators to locate her proved futile. The police also said that a wanted bulletin was being prepared to be issued by the Guyana Police Force for Myers, but she surrendered before it was sent out.
In August, the police announced that they had launched an investigation into the elections and the events that occurred during the ensuing five months. Since then, a number of individuals including APNU+AFC agent Volda Lawrence, and several GECOM officials, including Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield; District Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo; Sheffern February, a clerk employed with GECOM; and Enrique Livan, a GECOM Information Techno-logy officer, have been charged.
