The much anticipated decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice on matters pertaining to the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence is tentatively set for June 18 at 10 am, according to information from the court.
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Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Courts, News, Politics June 10, 2019 0 Comments
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set next week Tuesday “tentatively” as the date for the decision on whether last December’s no-confidence motion was validly passed by Guyana’s National Assembly, lawyers for the parties confirmed.
Attorney-at-Law, Sanjeev Datadin, who is representing Charrandass Persaud, and Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde, who is representing Joseph Harmon, told Demerara Waves Online News that June 18, 2019 at 10 AM is set for decision date.
Demerara Waves Online News has also seen correspondence from a CCJ official to lawyers that that date and time have been “tentatively” set.
The CCJ up to late Monday did not dispatch an official media advisory.
The Trinidad-based regional court’s decisions will be about cases brought by private citizen, Compton Reid, Harmon and Attorney General Basil Williams challenging the validity of the no-confidence motion. In return, former government parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud, who voted for the motion, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and political commentator Christopher Ram have asked the court to find that the motion was validly by a vote of 33-32.
Reid, Williams and Harmon want the CCJ to uphold the Guyana Court of Appeal decision that an absolute majority of 34 votes was required. They also want the CCJ to find that Persaud had known he holds dual citizenship and ought not to have been a parliamentarian, as well as the Guyana Constitution prohibited Persaud from being disloyal to the list of candidates from which he was drawn under Guyana’s proportional representation electoral system.
I see you beat the slopster to the punch by posting this bit of news. They must have had some serious dissension to take more than a month to deliberate on this decision. I wouldn't be surprised if they rule in pnc favor, seems like pnc got lady luck smiling at them.
Amral and Ray should ask Grangir if the government can sponsor GNI participants as observers so we can get plenty freeness.
You rass luv a freenness eh? Free stuff always got à catch attached to it.
I believe the CCJ will throw something to both sides to head off backlash.
My belief, they will rule 33 as the number but that GECOM is to establish a viable election date this time, basically punting on the 90 day.
CCJ can talk all they want and take their time talking. It is the free airline tickets, free hotel stay, duty free shopping and free meals that it's all about. There is nothing more a Guyanese love than freeness.
Prashad posted:CCJ can talk all they want and take their time talking. It is the free airline tickets, free hotel stay, duty free shopping and free meals that it's all about. There is nothing more a Guyanese love than freeness.
Someone said here the other day that free food gives diarrhea. 
Can you imagine if every member country had to go to the CCJ to figure out how to run their elections?
The CCJ is not doing themselves any good taking this long!! In fact, it is disgraceful for them to treat the matter without any urgency.
It’s disgraceful for a country’s internal affairs to end up at the CCJ because they cannot be trusted. No other country election law ever end up in an international court.
The courts is an arbiter of last resort. Disputes go there to be resolved finally. It is necessary.
Stormborn posted:The courts is an arbiter of last resort. Disputes go there to be resolved finally. It is necessary.
Necessary but shouldn’t have been if those two appellate court fools didn’t muck up simple arithmetic. 😀
Baseman posted:I believe the CCJ will throw something to both sides to head off backlash.
My belief, they will rule 33 as the number but that GECOM is to establish a viable election date this time, basically punting on the 90 day.
CCJ has absolutely no authority to establish an election date in Guyana.
CCJ's focus and decision is whether 33 or 34 is the majority number.
Dat is RIGHT DG, the Constitution is CLEAR: 90 days!!
ksazma posted:Stormborn posted:The courts is an arbiter of last resort. Disputes go there to be resolved finally. It is necessary.
Necessary but shouldn’t have been if those two appellate court fools didn’t muck up simple arithmetic. 😀
As I said, the court is a necessary final arbiter needed for any judicial system. It matters not what or who said what previously. They get the last word. They will approve the NCV and call elections. The APNU proper Chairman will set the extra constitutional date. He is there to do a job; be Granger's foot stool and he is doing it. He will plan B our elections also...I have no doubt of it. Such is my faithlessness in the integrity of the Granger's administration
The CCJ will rule that 33 is the number. GECOM will set a date early 2020 for elections. Election will be close but PNC will slant it in their favor using the Top-Up.
There will be an outcry but nothing will happen. Granger will announce an infrastructure plan and get all them coolie bannaz dizzy.
Free school lunches for all, no more hungry-belly PNC or PPP kids!
PNC/Granger will grant mass amnesty to all PPP era thieves as long as they agree to stop agitating. And Dookie will be given a big position on the ministry of energy!
GNIers have no bloody clue what’s happening behind closed doors in Guyana!
Baseman posted:The CCJ will rule...
Sounds like a dynamic plan. Wow, free school lunches.
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