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Feb 07, 2009 News
The Alliance For Change (AFC), in a statement issued to the media yesterday, expressed its concern over the disappearance of the entire records of the pleadings in the hearing which is to determine whether the AFC or the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is the winner of the Region 10 Parliamentary seat.
That seat is currently occupied by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.
The AFC, over the years, has maintained that it is the clear winner of the seat, as confirmed by the Statements of Poll which were certified as correct and given to the party by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang had last week requested that attorney-at-law and Chairman of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan, reconstruct the entire record of the pleadings, since the original court records have disappeared.
Ramjattan’s inquiry with the Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Carl Singh, revealed that the entire missing file was sent from his (Singh) office at the Court of Appeal to the Chief Justice Chambers.
The documents were sent to Justice Chang either for him to restart the case or have it assigned to another judge.
According to the AFC, even though the matter was being heard by the then Chief Justice Carl Singh, PPP/C and GECOM lawyers made numerous submissions on issues concerning procedural points.
The AFC has said that it feels that these submissions were intended to delay the determination of the substantive issue, which is an arithmetical matter.
Arrangements have already been put in place to have the court file reconstructed, using the copy which the AFC’s lawyer, Stephen Fraser, is in possession of.
The loss of the court records and the impending reconstruction of these represent further delays in the re-commencement of the hearing, according to the AFC.
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