Then on the 13th June, Lowenfield submitted what amounted to three declarations – one a tabulation of the valid votes giving the PPP/C a clear victory; a second, a narrative report in which he stated that the results of the elections could not be ascertained because of anomalies and impersonation; and yet another where he adjusted the tabulation by deducting 275,092 votes or close to 60% of the votes cast thereby giving the APNU+AFC a huge victory.

This is the background against which the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be hearing arguments in an appeal brought by Bharrat Jagdeo and Irfaan Ali against a decision of the Court of Appeal in yet another matter brought by Eslyn David, a supporter of the PNCR/APNU with the sole purpose of delaying the results of the March 2, 2020 elections.

The substantive matter is an action brought before the Court of Appeal in which the APNU+AFC succeeded on a 2:1 vote, as it did in the GECOM Chair James Patterson and the No Confidence/majority of 65 case.

In each of these cases the decision of the Court of Appeal was overturned but once again Attorney General Basil Williams exudes tremendous confidence, telling the CCJ that it has no jurisdiction in the matter!

In this case, the CCJ has to consider essentially two matters: whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to hear the case and second whether the court’s insertion of the word “valid” in Article 177 of the Constitution of Guyana in the context of “more votes are cast” really adds anything as Williams, Lowenfield and the APNU seem to think.