Attorney Abraham Dabdoub yesterday commenced his preliminary arguments justifying PPP/C MP Ganga Persaud’s elections petition.
Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, through his lawyer, Roysdale Forde has challenged the petition, which he has asked the court to strike out on the grounds that the substantive submissions disclose no reasonable cause of action.
Forde will present his arguments in rebuttal to Dabdoub’s, when the case continues this morning at 11.30 before acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.
The matter is being held in-chambers at the High Court, in Georgetown.
Arguments on whether Persaud’s petition has material facts in order for the case to proceed commenced on September 22.
The Chief Justice has decided that he should first hear arguments regarding material facts as a prerequisite to determining whether, thereafter, any need would still exist for going into the substantive elections petition case.
In the petition, Persaud is calling on the court to declare the entire elections process flawed, and containing many procedural errors and so many instances of fraudulent and/or suspicious actions that “the results that have been derived from the process cannot be credibly deemed to represent accurately the will of the electorate.”
He also asked the court to order a recount of all ballots cast in the elections.
Local and international observers have declared the polls free and fair.
