{"id":24450,"date":"2024-11-28T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24450"},"modified":"2024-11-28T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:48:03","slug":"election-fraud-case-to-restart-under-new-magistrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/election-fraud-case-to-restart-under-new-magistrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Fraud Case to Restart Under New Magistrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>November 1, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After months of delays, the high-profile election fraud case linked to the 2020 general and regional elections will restart under the leadership of Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was reassigned due to the prolonged absence of Magistrate Leron Daly, which hindered progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A case management hearing has been scheduled for November 6, 2024, to outline the timeline and procedural requirements for the trial\u2019s restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case involves nine defendants, including former Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Returning Officer Mortimer Mingo, and APNU\/AFC Chief Scrutineer Carol Joseph, who appeared in court today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former GECOM staffer Sheffern February participated virtually, while other defendants\u2014former coalition minister Volda Lawrence, former Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and former GECOM staffers Denise Babb-Cummings, Enrique Livan, and Michelle Miller\u2014were absent from the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges against the defendants include misconduct in public office, forging documents, and conspiracy to declare false results for the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall recently emphasized the importance of timely proceedings, citing the upcoming 2025 elections as a critical benchmark for the resolution of the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reassignment aims to prevent further delays and ensure that the trial progresses efficiently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganNovember 1, 2024 After months of delays, the high-profile election fraud case linked to the 2020 general and regional elections will restart under the leadership of Acting Chief&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24450","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\/24450","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=24450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24451,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24450\/revisions\/24451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}