Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC are seeking leave from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to appeal the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal that it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the dismissal of the Opposition APNU+AFC’s election petition which challenged the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections.
In their separate notices of motion seeking permission to appeal, the two are asking the Trinidad-based court of last resort for Guyana, to stay the decision of the local appellate court.
Highlighting why they ought to be allowed to appeal, the VP and AG advance among other things, that Section 7 of the CCJ Act so provides and say also that the matter to be resolved is one of public interest/importance dealing with national elections which need a final determination.