Dear Editor,
The election fraud trial finally got started, four years after the criminal act was committed. However, soon after its commencement, there was a shutdown because the presiding magistrate fell ill for an extended period of time. This marks a significant turn of events; in that, at a crucial time of this matter, when things should have reached their final stage and a decision arrived at, this has happened. I have a few questions that require definitive answers:
Is the magistrate terminally ill, which could be a cause for her extended sick leave?
What law governs sick leave or leave of absence from your job in the justice system?
Is this the sabbatical year for this magistrate?
Could we conclude that the magistrate be considered medically unfit for the job?
Is she intimidated, and by whom?
These are pointed questions that require answers for which the nation is waiting!
The last question brings back to our memory a strange occurrence that took place after the Chief Justice had made a ruling on a similar electoral matter. In that matter, a madman serendipitously happened to pass by the residence of the Chief Justice with a toy gun. Interesting! Well, it tells anyone with even half a brain what opposing forces meant by that intimidatory tactic.
However, be that as it may, this trial will go on.
Magistrate Daly is a good magistrate. Judging from her conclusion of the highly political baton rape case, she stood her ground and was firm enough to conclude the case, which found Colwyn Harding guilty of perjury.
Why that liar of a lawyer is not in prison is anybody’s guess, but his day will come, sooner rather than later.
These shenanigans in the justice system expose the judiciary and place it in a bad light. Should this matter reach the halls of the CCJ for a decision, it would be a sad day for the justice system in Guyana, and it would be a disgraceful chapter in the annals of Guyanese jurisprudence. If and when this happens, it would be a stark reminder that there is a breakdown of systems here.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
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