Following legal arguments yesterday on the fate of the second petition challenging the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections, the Court of Appeal has fixed November 1st for a report on the status of the Chief Justice’s written ruling in the matter
Following a hearing on what was described as a delay of 17 months in hearing the appeal of Chief Justice Roxane George’s oral ruling throwing out the petition, the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards said that the appellants would not be shut out by the court.
She said that such matters “should indeed be heard in a timely manner,” but added that whether the delay lies at the feet of counsel or the judicial system, is an issue that would have to be investigated.