Court overrules challenge to elections petition

Justice Ian Chang yesterday overruled the summons filed by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to have the elections petition filed by the opposition PPP/C parliamentarian Ganga Persaud struck out.

After the in-chamber hearing, Lowenfield’s attorney Roysdale Forde, who said that he is likely to appeal the ruling, explained that he was not able to clearly hear the reason because it was an oral decision in which the judge delivered only the conclusion.

The attorney said that resultantly he will have to