10 NEWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
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Police Constable injured in Corentyne smash-up succumbs
Dead: Police Constable Navindra Jodhan
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he Police Officer who was involved in a two-vehicle smash-up along the Number 68 Public Road last week succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Dead is Police Constable Navindra Jodhan of 20 Strand and St John Street,
New Amsterdam, Berbice. The accident had already taken the life of 47-yearold Malchan Ramdanny, called “Rasta”, a labourer, of Number 69 Village. At the time of the accident, the Police Constable was riding his CBR motorcycle while Ramdanny was on his pedal cycle. It was reported that Jodhan was travelling at an allegedly fast pace when a pedal cyclist reportedly made a sudden turn into his path thus causing a collision. They both fell to the roadway where Ramdanny died on the spot, but Jodhan was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Skeldon Hospital. He was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital, then to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted up to the time of his demise. Speaking with Guyana Times, Jodhan’s father-inlaw, Bobby Seepersaud, said his daughter had been
“He liked going with the bikers and ride on Sundays. Sometimes, they would ride and go to the Beach and hang out and then go to Skeldon …” Jodhan’s death comes on the heels of the death of 25-year-old Police
Sergeant Lakhan Persaud of Lot 5 Columbia Village, Essequibo Coast, Region Three (Essequibo IslandsWest Demerara) on Sunday. According to the Police, Persaud was driving a motor car and lost control; he then collided with sev-
eral motor vehicles and spare parts which were being showcased in front of the business premises of Balram Kawal's Auto Sales. He was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
CCJ asserts jurisdiction... Dead: Police Sergeant Lakhan Persaud
visiting him daily ever since he was admitted and she was reporting that his condition was not improving. “She was there this morning and he was still alive, but when she went back for the midday visit, the doctor informed her that he has passed. They said that his heart gave up,” Seepersaud said. He referred to his now late son-in-law as being a dedicated Police Officer. “Sometimes they would call on him to go out to work and his wife would tell him that it is Sunday or it is a holiday, but he would tell her that he has to go to work and he would leave,” Seepersaud recalled. He said Jodhan had purchased the motorcycle about 10 months ago.
According to the applicants, the two Judges misinterpreted GECOM’s orders (Order 60 of 2020) and intentions, instead of limiting themselves to interpreting the Constitution as it relates to the COA’s jurisdiction. Their ruling, according to the applicants, undermines the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers by authorising GECOM to usurp the High Court’s jurisdiction. “The issues which are engaged by this appeal are of fundamental importance and will, inevitably impact the outcome of the General and Regional Election, the outcome of which is a matter of tremendous domestic and international concern and importance,” “The Constitution and relevant legislation governing elections in Guyana have provided for the independence of GECOM which said independence has been directly impugned in the Motion of Eslyn David and the decision of the
Court of Appeal.” According to the NOA filed on their behalf by Trinidadbased Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes, Nandlall and attorney Devindra Kissoon, the applicants are seeking leave to appeal the Court of Appeal decision. They are requesting that the matter be urgently heard and that the application be treated as the hearing of the appeal. The CCJ has since obliged the appeal, setting July 1 for the hearing of the appeal, with a case management conference expected to be held on Thursday, June 25. Further, the CCJ informed the parties in the matter that interim orders to bar GECOM from making a declaration before the case is heard will be granted by today. The reason for this became clear on Tuesday, as Lowenfield attempted to present a report for the declaration of numbers that was so heavily doctored that the GECOM Chair refused it. In addition,
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Lowenfield’s report has come in for heavy criticism across society. The elections and the National Recount of ballots had shown that based on 2339 Statements of Recount (SoRs), the PPP/C, whose Presidential Candidate is former Housing Minister Dr Irfaan Ali, received a total of 233,336 votes. This is 15,416 more votes than their nearest rivals, the incumbent APNU/AFC, which received 217,920 total votes. When one calculates using the Hare formula, it means that PPP/C would have secured 33 out of 65 seats in the National Assembly and APNU/AFC would have secured 31. However, Lowenfield in his report arbitrarily awarded the APNU/AFC 171,825 votes while awarding the PPP/C 166,343 votes. By his calculations, Lowenfield disenfranchised over 115,000 voters. He also awarded APNU/AFC 33 seats, PPP 31 and one seat for the joinder parties.
