Attorney-General Anil Nandlall yesterday argued that the court cannot issue an order to stop all government spending not approved by the National Assembly as requested by APNU leader David Granger as there is no allegation that anyone’s fundamental rights have been breached.
“In this action there is no allegation that anyone’s fundamental rights have been contravened,” Nandlall told reporters after emerging from the in-chamber hearing at the High Court yesterday. He related that he argued that a conservatory order – sought by Granger – is a special type of order that the constitution only allows to be granted when there is an allegation that there is a violation of some fundamental right of the citizenry.
“In fact this is not a case which touches and concerns fundamental rights at all and therefore the wide amplitude of remedies and powers which a court will normally have in an action in which a citizen alleges breach of his fundamental rights, those repertoire of remedies are not available in this type of proceedings,”
