-prosecution, defence clash
Minister of Local Govern-ment, Sonia Parag was the first witness to testify yesterday in the long-awaited 2020 electoral fraud trial and as she attempted to explain what she observed as a PPP/C candidate the defence objected several times but most of these were overruled by presiding Magistrate Leron Daly.
However, the magistrate did suggest to the prosecution that a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) official should explain the electoral process as Parag, who was a PPP/C 2020 candidate was not in a position to do so as was objected to by defence counsel.
Before the court are former Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, former District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, former Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers, Volda Lawrence, Sheffern February, Denise Bobb-Cummings, Michelle Miller, Enrique Livan and Carol Smith-Joseph. Miller appeared via zoom and the rest in person.