The prosecution is moving to appeal the decision by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly against summarily handling the misconduct charges laid against Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers.
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly had previously ordered that a Preliminary Inquiry be conducted to determine whether there is enough evidence for Myers to stand trial at the High Court. Magistrate Daly had ruled that the two counts of misconduct in public office laid against Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Myers would remain indictable after upholding a submission made by Myers’ attorney, Nigel Hughes. As a result, a PI is to be conducted to determine whether there is enough evidence for Myers to go to trial and if there is she would be subjected to a High Court trial where jurors would decide on her fate.
According to Hughes, the appeal has not yet been prepared but is expected to be done by the end of the month.
The prosecution yesterday also asked the court for an adjournment of two months and as a result the matter was adjourned until May for report.
Myers made her first appearance at the court in relation to the two charges on October 9th and was released on $300,000 bail.
In August, the police announced that they had launched an investigation into the March 2nd elections and the events that occurred during the ensuing five months. Since then, a number of individuals, including APNU+AFC agent Volda Lawrence, and several Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials, including Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo; Sheffern February, a clerk employed with GECOM; and Enrique Livan, a GECOM Information Technology officer, have been charged.
