Two judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday morning raised questions
about whether Guyana’s constitution and election law can be amended by subsidiary legislation.
CCJ President , Justice Adrian Saunders posed the question to Attorney-at-Law John Jeremie
for the respondent Eslyn David. “Does that sound right to you?”
That question was asked at the juncture when Jeremie was making the point that the Guyana Court of Appeal
was asked for an interpretation of “more votes are cast” as stated in Article 177 (2)(b).
The local appeal court ruled that “more votes are cast” means “more valid votes are cast”.
This scene makes me nervous along with granger’s claim about swearing in this weekend and then this comment by Bess.
“We are trained to support the democratically elected Government of the day based on the Constitution and that we will continue to do,” Brigadier Bess said.