On the heels of the controversies surrounding the 2020 General and Regional Elections, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall says he is preparing for the possibility of litigation during this election period.
“We can’t rule out anything, we can’t rule out the possibility of litigation or several litigations which may or may not travel all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Once the electoral miscreants are around, anything is possible,” he said during Tuesday night’s edition of ‘Issues in the News.’
The Attorney General was at the time extending congratulations to Justice Winston Anderson who was recently appointed new President of the CCJ; Guyana’s final appellate court which presided over several cases during the five-month long elections process in 2020.
“The usual suspects are still around. Those who attempted to rig the elections are still around and contesting these elections. Up to now, we have not heard either an admission of guilt or a word of repent or contrition but what we have heard is complete denial and worse yet, victimhood,” Nandlall expressed.
In this regard, the Attorney General urged citizens to stay alert and work together to safeguard the country’s democracy.
“…there is a likelihood that we can have attempts that recurrence and that is why we have to remain vigilant. The same perpetrators are still around,” he said.
Currently, those involved in trying to derail the results of the 2020 elections and fraudulently declare former President David Granger as the winner, are on trial before the Georgetown Magistrates court to answer electoral fraud related charges.
The next dates set for the case are July 28 – 30 and it will then continue in September – November.
“The case will not be concluded before September 1, 2025 and that must be a travesty from every conceivable perspective that we are completing another election cycle and those accused of conducting election fraud at the 2020 elections, the cases are not prosecuted,” the Attorney General lamented.
Several witnesses have already testified including Local Government Minister Sonia Parag, an executive member of the A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Kian Jabour, Rosalinda Rasul who served as an election observer for the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) during the election, Forensic Investigator, Rawle Nedd, and former Region Four Police Commander, Edgar Thomas.
Currently on the witness stand are former Private Sector Commission (PSC) observer Christopher Nascimento and ANUG member Jonathan Yearwood.
The trial involves nine defendants, including former Health Minister and member of the People’s National Congress Volda Lawrence, former Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, former Returning Officer for Region Four Clairmont Mingo, former Information Technology Officer at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Enrique Livan and former Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, all of whom are charged with conspiracy to commit electoral fraud in favour of the APNU+AFC coalition.
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