Attorneys for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, Christopher Ram and Charrandass Persaud have proposed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) order that Cabinet, including President David Granger, resign and that a date be set for general elections within a three-month period as a result of the court upholding the validity of the no-confidence motion that was passed against the government last December.
Attorney Anil Nandlall, who is part of Jagdeo’s legal team, made the disclosure yesterday at a panel discussion at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre in Georgetown, where he said the proposal had already been dispatched to the lawyers representing the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ahead of a hearing next Monday before the CCJ.
Nandlall, who is a former Attorney General, further disclosed that the attorneys have also proposed that the CCJ orders the appointment of a new GECOM Chairman and for the Opposition Leader to submit a list of names to the president within a specified timeframe in light of the court’s finding that the unilateral appointment of current office holder James Patterson was flawed and in breach of the constitution.
