The Attorney General’s Chambers says that Justice Nareshwar Harnanan yesterday upheld the jurisdictional objection made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disputing the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear and determine the application filed by Opposition Members of Parliament seeking to have his seat declared vacant because of absences from Parliamentary sitings.
As a consequence, a statement from the AG’s Chambers said that the Court dismissed the case filed by APNU+AFC MPs Christopher Jones and Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and granted costs in the sum of $250,000 to each Respondent namely, the Attorney General of Guyana, the Speaker of the National Assembly and Jagdeo.