ST. GEORGE ‘S, Grenada: A high level legal team representing the opposition National Democratic Congress is getting ready to file its case on claims of electoral irregularities in the Carriacou constituency during last month’s elections.

A high profile legal team of Carol Bristol, Lloyd Noel and Ruggles Ferguson are working on the case which is expected to be filed this week, party sources have said.

Under electoral laws any official complaints have to be filed by Friday – 21 days after the poll was held.

The National Democratic Congress is complaining that at least a dozen of its supporters were not allowed to vote in Carriacou even though they had national ID cards, because their names did not appear on the final list.

Under Grenadian electoral regulations, people with ID cards should be allowed to vote even if their names do not appear on the final list, once there is an appropriate addendum from the electoral office.

NDC officials are claiming that in the case of its supporters in Carriacou no such addendum was given.

NDC’s George Prime lost a close contest by six votes, as the ruling New National Party edged out the opposition 8-7 in one of the closest general elections in the island’s history.

Legal sources say if the court overrules the Carriacou results a by-election will have to be called within 90 days of the ruling.

Winning NNP candidate Elvin Nimrod has also claimed irregularities of his own which he said might have also adversely affected his candidature.

Meantime, according to reports here local lawyer Leslie-Ann Seon, the daughter of well-known late regional broadcaster Leslie Seon, is tipped to be the President of the Senate.

Seon has confirmed that she has been approached to fill the position.

No date has yet been given for the official opening of the new parliament.


SOURCE: CARIBUPDATE.COM