Court to rule next week on house-to-house registration challenge

Roxane George-Wiltshire SC

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC is expected to make a ruling next Wednesday on the challenge by Christopher Ram to the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise.

The judge is also expected to rule on the application filed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for her to recuse herself from hearing Ram’s challenge as well as the application made by Attorney General Basil Williams, who has asked that Ram’s challenge to house-to-house registration be struck out.

Justice George-Wiltshire yesterday heard submissions from Williams, Solicitor-General Nigel Hawke, Ram’s attorney Anil Nandlall, and attorney Sanjeev Datadin on behalf of the Guyana Bar Association, which appears amicus in the proceedings.