On Thursday—May 27th—acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will rule on whether Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will be added as a party to the proceedings in which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Commissioner of Police have requested the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) from the March 2nd, 2020 elections for use in criminal cases against the CEO and others.
In an almost two-hour hearing yesterday afternoon, attorney Nigel Hughes who represents Lowenfield, argued that outside of the purpose for matters connected with an elections petition, the statutory documents ought not to be released.
Pursuant to a court order, the Chief Justice in January ordered that the statutory documents be lodged for safe-keeping with the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
