Acting Chancellor Carl Singh has ordered that immediate steps be taken to prepare the records in an effort to expedite the hearing of the appeal of the High Court’s ruling that APNU+AFC ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott can’t hold seats in the National Assembly as non-elected Members of Parliament (MPs).
PPP member Desmond Morian had initiated the legal challenge to Felix and Scott taking up seats as non-elected members and sought a declaration that they are not lawful members of the National Assembly and an order that they be prevented from sitting in the Assembly unless their names are extracted from the coalition’s candidates’ list.
Then acting Chief Justice Ian Chang had ruled in Morian’s favor and this decision was later appeared by government. Subsequently, the Court of Appeal granted the interim stay of execution which allowed for the ministers to take up their seats.
