{"id":21751,"date":"2024-08-27T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21751"},"modified":"2024-08-27T19:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:47:27","slug":"jagdeo-anticipates-election-fraud-case-may-reach-caribbean-court-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/jagdeo-anticipates-election-fraud-case-may-reach-caribbean-court-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagdeo Anticipates Election Fraud Case May Reach Caribbean Court of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP), has suggested that the ongoing election fraud case might eventually be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a press conference on Wednesday, Jagdeo criticized the defense lawyers for their repeated objections, which he argues have been successful in delaying the trial&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo expressed frustration with the defense\u2019s tactics, which he claims have obstructed the trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite recent attempts to block the proceedings being dismissed by the acting Chief Justice, the case has now advanced to the Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo highlighted that if the case is brought before the CCJ, it will be essential for all testimonies and evidence to be fully accessible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stressed the importance of accurate media reporting on the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Jagdeo mentioned the government\u2019s intention to invite the diplomatic community to observe the court proceedings due to their interest in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election fraud case, which began on July 29, 2024, involves allegations of irregularities during the 2020 general elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trial is expected to run until September 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP), has suggested that the ongoing election fraud case might eventually be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21760,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21751\/revisions\/21760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}