Election Petition Cases To Be Heard In July

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The High Court on Thursday set July dates for the hearing of matters relating to two petitions challenging the outcome of the January 25 general election in St Kitts and Nevis. In the first matter, the leader of the People’s Action Movement (PAM), Lindsay Grant, is challenging his defeat to Labour Party candidate Glenn Phillip in the St Christopher Number Four constituency due to alleged polling day irregularities.

July 21 and 22 have been scheduled as the dates the court will hear an application by Phillip to have the petition struck out, after which a determination will be made about whether the matter will proceed to trial.

In the second case, defeated Labour Party candidate Cedric Liburd is challenging his loss to PAM’s representative, Eugene Hamilton, on the grounds that his rival was not eligible to contest the poll due to dual citizenship concerns. Persons who hold citizenship from countries outside the Commonwealth are barred from holding political office in St Kitts and Nevis.

The trial date for that matter has been slated for the July 26 at the High Court in Basseterre. The Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas, was returned for a fourth successive term in office at the January poll.

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