…in challenge to non-removal of overseas residents on voters’ list

THE Court of Appeal, on Monday January 13, 2020 will commence hearing into the challenge against the High Court’s decision to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from removing persons from the National Register of Registrant (NRR) Database.

The appeal was brought before the Appellate Court, last August, by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, who, in his application, argued that the Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire erred when she ruled that it would be unconstitutional to remove persons from the National Register of Registrants if they failed to register, during House-to-House Registration. The case came up on Monday, December 9, 2019 and will be heard on January 13, 2020 before the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards, and Justices of Appeal Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud. Guyana Chronicle in its report on Tuesday incorrectly stated that the matter will be heard next Monday. We regret the mistake.