Legal challenge on overseas voting in an election year would be suspect

Moses Nagamootoo

PPP executive Moses Nagamootoo says that any legal challenge in an election year with respect to whether overseas voting is permissible must be treated as “suspect,” and as a tactic designed to postpone general elections.

The issue is one which should not be addressed in 2011, particularly when a date has not been set for the poll, Nagamootoo said. He observed that while people have a right to approach the court for an interpretation of the constitution and redress as allowed under the law,