The Caribbean Court of Justice has officially issued an order requiring the Guyana Elections Commission and its officers and agents to take no step to prejudice the fair hearing of an Application made to the Court by Mohammed Irfaan Ali and Bharrat Jagdeo.
In a statement, the CCJ said “the steps prohibit, including but not limited to, declaring the results of the Guyana elections held on 2nd March 2020 until the CCJ issued final orders following the hearing and determination of the questions raised before it in the said Application.”
It noted that Counsel for Ali and Jagdeo had applied to the Court today, Tuesday 23 June 2020, for Special Leave to appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal of Guyana delivered on Monday 22nd June 2020.
The CCJ has ordered that all Respondents to the Application acknowledge service of the said Application by 4:00 pm on Wednesday 24th June 2020.
A Case Management Conference on the matter filed is to be held on Thursday 25t June 2020 at 3:00 pm via video conference with a view to a proposed hearing on Wednesday 1st July 2020 at 10:00 am to determine the issues raised in the Application, also to be heard via video conference in light of the global Coronavirus pandemic
The stay order has put a hold on the Elections Commission acting on the final report which has been submitted by the Chief Election Officer.
That report by the CEO was based on the guidance of the Court of Appeal, according to his statement to the Commission.
The report, according to the CEO, has put together the valid votes cast. That count based on the CEO’s report would result in victory for the APNU+AFC.
The PPP wants the entire Court of Appeal ruling thrown out although it had insisted yesterday that the ruling did not mean much.
The Attorney General for Guyana has been maintaining that the CCJ has no jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter since the Guyana Court of Appeal is the final Court to deal with the specific issue that was taken before it.
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