The Guyana Court of Appeal (CoA) yesterday unanimously dismissed an appeal filed against the decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George SC which dismissed Election Petition No. 88 and was filed in the name of Claudette Thorne and Heston Bostwick.
The decision was handed down by Acting Chan-cellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justices Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud.
Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall in a statement on Facebook said that the Appellate Court upheld the state’s submissions and confirmed the decision of the “learned “Chief Justice that the Election Laws (Amendment) Act 2001 and Order 60 made thereunder, are not unconstitutional but lawful and valid”.