APNU scrutineer moves to High Court to challenge GECOM’s method of compiling voters list

Carol Smith Joseph

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith Joseph has moved to the High Court for an urgent hearing challenging the Guyana Elections Commission’s method used in compiling the voters list to be used in the March 13 Local Government Elections (LGE).

The fixed date application which was filed yesterday by her attorney Roysdale Forde, is seeking 21 declarations from the High Court.

The Guyana Election Commission (GECOM), the Chief Election Officer, the Commissioner of Registration, and the Attorney General, are listed as respondents in the affidavit in support of the application and a further affidavit.