Presidential candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Irfaan Ali last evening appealed to the governing coalition to respect the ruling of the High Court yesterday and allow the March 2 elections to be declared using the results of the national recount. The Coalition however has indicated that it will engage the next level of the Court System.
“We cannot overstate the call to this government to act in a responsible manner, to act in the interest of the people of this country, to act with integrity and respect the will of the people and to respect the ruling of the Court,” Ali said in video statement following the ruling of acting Chief Justice Roxane George.
In a 28-page ruling Justice George declared that the issues raised in the case of Misenga Jones vs the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and others had already been adjudicated by higher Courts in the Ulita Moore and Esther David cases. The matters including the constitutionality of Section 22 of Elections Act were res judicata.
