Attorney Saphier Husain Subedar has approached the High Court of Guyana to compel the holding of local government elections, while arguing that annual amendments to the law in order to delay the polls are unconstitutional.
Husain, the leader of the National Independent Party of Guyana, stressed in his court documents that the continued delay of the holding of the election represents a violation of his constitutional rights. Husain, who recently formed his political party, plans to contest in the election whenever it is held.
He also contended that there is no existing law empowering the minister to postpone the appointment of a day for elections and that all things done by
