Guyana's electoral fraud case to resume in January 2024
The stalled electoral fraud case in Guyana could see some progress when the matter restarts in early 2024.
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly adjourned the matter to January 15 following a hearing yesterday.
At the next hearing, the court is expected to do its record-keeping, and the defendants will be allowed to receive copies of the evidence presented.
Daly is also expected to set a possible day for the case management conference (CMC) to begin and determine a trial date.
The prosecution handed over flash drives, which contained certified copies of Statements of Polls (SOPs) and Statements of Recount (SORs), along with video interviews during Tuesday’s hearing.
They also submitted bundles of hard-copy evidence to the court.
The prosecution was commended for presenting the documents in an organised and electronic format; however, defence attorney Eusi Anderson expressed concerns about the integrity of the scanned documents to the ones submitted in 2021 when the matter was filed.
Daly told him that the court does not believe the evidence differs from what was initially presented.
Former Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence; Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo; Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, and Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers are among eight persons facing charges for allegedly attempting to fraudulently declare the March 2020 Regional and General Election in favour of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government.
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