The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled that the Guyana Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal of a decision by acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC to throw out an APNU+AFC election petition challenging the results of the March 2nd 2020 polls.
In a majority judgment, the Trinidad-based court of last resort for Guyana has found, among other things, that although the petition was not been determined on its merits, the decision to throw it out it cannot be appealed and so the local appellate court cannot entertain such a challenge.
The ruling means that the petition – one of two lodged on behalf of APNU+AFC – has been completely lost.