Despite stringent objections from several respondents, the appellant in the case of Misenga Jones vs the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) et al was yesterday granted a 24-hour stay on the effect of the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the case. The 10 minutes during which this matter was discussed saw several incredulous outbursts and a reversal of an initial ruling on the matter,
“Nothing has been granted there is nothing to be stayed. All that has happened is a dismissal of a frivolous and vexatious appeal. The work of GECOM must be completed if we continue like this when will we have elections results 2025? This is untenable,” a clearly frustrated Kim Kyte-Thomas appearing for the GECOM Chair declared.
She was responding to attorney for the applicant Roysdale Forde who requested that the Court grant a three-day stay so that he and his battery of co-counsel could “consider the way forward.”
