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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby maj. tom » December 1st, 2022, 8:12 am

The "court's view."

Alright. Nice to know that the court's view is PNM rigged to favour this government's illegal action.
Blatantly doing something wrong, not written in law, clearly illegal. Cannot retroactively apply a new law all of a sudden, why not call the elections and then apply your legislature which still in Parliament!!!

I really don't know which democratic citizens can watch these kind of things and still side with the party that doing these wrongs. In front your face. It really have to be a racial division thing then.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby hover11 » December 1st, 2022, 8:55 am

Who pays the judges, there you go. We supposed to have separation of powers , we do in theory but in practical, real life situations everyone knows that's not the case. The government has no problem with things going to court because they know judges sing for their supper and benefits, so the decision is already made before the judgements are delivered.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby wing » December 1st, 2022, 9:10 am

hover11 wrote:Who pays the judges, there you go. We supposed to have separation of powers , we do in theory but in practical, real life situations everyone knows that's not the case. The government has no problem with things going to court because they know judges sing for their supper and benefits, so the decision is already made before the judgements are delivered.
If Frank Seepersad had ruled in favor of the UNC activist, does it mean the judiciary is suddenly impartial?

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby hover11 » December 1st, 2022, 9:14 am

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hover11 wrote:Who pays the judges, there you go. We supposed to have separation of powers , we do in theory but in practical, real life situations everyone knows that's not the case. The government has no problem with things going to court because they know judges sing for their supper and benefits, so the decision is already made before the judgements are delivered.
If Frank Seepersad had ruled in favor of the UNC activist, does it mean the judiciary is suddenly impartial?
Are you saying that the Judiciary is impartial and unbiased?

Take a look at all negotiations there are no negotiations, there is only take it or leave it situations and all unions are referred to the court why would you as a government do that if you didn't know already what the outcome would be?So when the ruling occurs it appears transparent.
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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby Dizzy28 » December 1st, 2022, 9:16 am

wing wrote:
hover11 wrote:Who pays the judges, there you go. We supposed to have separation of powers , we do in theory but in practical, real life situations everyone knows that's not the case. The government has no problem with things going to court because they know judges sing for their supper and benefits, so the decision is already made before the judgements are delivered.
If Frank Seepersad had ruled in favor of the UNC activist, does it mean the judiciary is suddenly impartial?


Was about to type up more or less this. Everytime a judgement goes against PNM and usually when its Indian judges all the mites run out and bawl "UNC Operatives in the Judiciary/know them by thier last name etc etc" Now we more or less seeing the same in this case.

Its not healthy for every political judgement at the Judiciary to be watched through the lens of politics.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby wing » December 1st, 2022, 10:37 am

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wing wrote:
hover11 wrote:Who pays the judges, there you go. We supposed to have separation of powers , we do in theory but in practical, real life situations everyone knows that's not the case. The government has no problem with things going to court because they know judges sing for their supper and benefits, so the decision is already made before the judgements are delivered.
If Frank Seepersad had ruled in favor of the UNC activist, does it mean the judiciary is suddenly impartial?


Was about to type up more or less this. Everytime a judgement goes against PNM and usually when its Indian judges all the mites run out and bawl "UNC Operatives in the Judiciary/know them by thier last name etc etc" Now we more or less seeing the same in this case.

Its not healthy for every political judgement at the Judiciary to be watched through the lens of politics.
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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby The_Honourable » December 1st, 2022, 12:42 pm

Not granting the injunction makes sense because you would cripple local government services. Yes I am aware local government is sheet anyway.

While the Injunction failed which is what Ravi was gunning for, the judge has to decide if Faris can apply the new local government amendments retroactively. If the Judge rules in January against the state, Rowley have until March to hold Local Government Elections. If that's the case, look out for elections i'm guessing after Carnival and before Easter.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby wing » December 1st, 2022, 4:13 pm

Davidson-Celestine defamation case against Augustine struck out
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Thu Dec 01 2022

Leader of the Tobago PNM Executive Council, Tracey Davidson-Celestine.


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A defamation lawsuit brought by former People's National Movement (PNM) Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine against Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has been struck out.

The development in the case took place a short while ago during a hearing before High Court Judge Carol Gobin.

Davidson-Celestine was ordered to pay Augustine's legal costs for defending the lawsuit, which did not reach the trial stage.

Her ability to continue to pursue the case was raised by Augustine's legal team during a case management hearing in early October.

Augustine's lawyer Ken Wright indicated that Davidson-Celestine's legal team did not apply to the court to host a case management conference in the case after they filed their defence by an extended deadline.

Wright pointed out that under the Civil Proceedings Rules (CPR) 1998, which governs how civil litigation is managed, cases should be automatically struck out if the correct procedure is not followed.

In the lawsuit, Davidson-Celestine was claiming that Augustine tarnished her reputation when he accused her of corruption in relation to a zipline project allegedly undertaken by the THA in 2015.

Augustine made the comments while addressing a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political meeting in Scarborough in the run-up to the THA elections in January 2021.
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Davidson-Celestine denied any wrongdoing as she claimed that the project had barely begun when she left her role as THA tourism secretary to take up the post of T&T Ambassador to Costa Rica in 2017.

The election eventually ended in a stalemate with the PNM and PDP each securing six districts.

The THA districts were subsequently increased from 12 to 15 before another election was held in December of that year.

The second election ended in a landslide victory for the PDP, which secured 14 of the districts.

The THA recently filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Original Canopy Tours Enterprises Limited seeking US$416,900 in compensation over its alleged failure to comply with the terms of the agreement over the zipline project for the Main Ridge Forest Reserve.
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Earlier this month, the THA obtained freezing orders from a High Court Judge and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court against Richard Graham and Darren Hreniuk, the directors of the company which is registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The orders prevent the duo from disposing of funds in their T&T and BVI bank accounts, which can be used to pay the compensation if the THA is eventually successful in its litigation.

Augustine was also represented by Justin Phelps, while Davidson-Celestine was represented by Keith Scotland, Asha Watkins-Montserin, and Keisha Kydd-Hannibal.
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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby wing » December 1st, 2022, 4:15 pm

wing wrote:Davidson-Celestine defamation case against Augustine struck out
by

Derek Achong
4 hours ago
Thu Dec 01 2022

Leader of the Tobago PNM Executive Council, Tracey Davidson-Celestine.


Derek Achong

A defamation lawsuit brought by former People's National Movement (PNM) Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine against Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has been struck out.

The development in the case took place a short while ago during a hearing before High Court Judge Carol Gobin.

Davidson-Celestine was ordered to pay Augustine's legal costs for defending the lawsuit, which did not reach the trial stage.

Her ability to continue to pursue the case was raised by Augustine's legal team during a case management hearing in early October.

Augustine's lawyer Ken Wright indicated that Davidson-Celestine's legal team did not apply to the court to host a case management conference in the case after they filed their defence by an extended deadline.

Wright pointed out that under the Civil Proceedings Rules (CPR) 1998, which governs how civil litigation is managed, cases should be automatically struck out if the correct procedure is not followed.

In the lawsuit, Davidson-Celestine was claiming that Augustine tarnished her reputation when he accused her of corruption in relation to a zipline project allegedly undertaken by the THA in 2015.

Augustine made the comments while addressing a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political meeting in Scarborough in the run-up to the THA elections in January 2021.
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Davidson-Celestine denied any wrongdoing as she claimed that the project had barely begun when she left her role as THA tourism secretary to take up the post of T&T Ambassador to Costa Rica in 2017.

The election eventually ended in a stalemate with the PNM and PDP each securing six districts.

The THA districts were subsequently increased from 12 to 15 before another election was held in December of that year.

The second election ended in a landslide victory for the PDP, which secured 14 of the districts.

The THA recently filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Original Canopy Tours Enterprises Limited seeking US$416,900 in compensation over its alleged failure to comply with the terms of the agreement over the zipline project for the Main Ridge Forest Reserve.
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Earlier this month, the THA obtained freezing orders from a High Court Judge and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court against Richard Graham and Darren Hreniuk, the directors of the company which is registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The orders prevent the duo from disposing of funds in their T&T and BVI bank accounts, which can be used to pay the compensation if the THA is eventually successful in its litigation.

Augustine was also represented by Justin Phelps, while Davidson-Celestine was represented by Keith Scotland, Asha Watkins-Montserin, and Keisha Kydd-Hannibal.
So what happened here? Gobin paid by the THA? Racist judgement? Democracy falling apart? Kamla fault?

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby maj. tom » December 1st, 2022, 4:42 pm

What that has to do with the written law on calling due elections and then putting off said elections for an entire year while they literally create new laws under everyone's noses to organize and reinforce themselves in power? Despite who wins or loses, why not call due elections and then continue to pass the laws? How come all of a sudden the local government will be disrupted? They didn't know when elections were due? They didn't know it had to call? Local elections were never done before? It was never disrupted before?

How can they just ups and say well due elections call off for a year? We making news laws to apply retroactively. That sounding democratic?

That is my issue here.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby paid_influencer » December 1st, 2022, 6:04 pm

maj. tom wrote:

Judge refuses injunction to stop local government extension
JADA LOUTOO 13 HRS AGO

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Justice Jacqueline Wilson


good, I didn't want to vote anyway :drinking:

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby De Dragon » December 1st, 2022, 9:22 pm

wing wrote:
wing wrote:Davidson-Celestine defamation case against Augustine struck out
by

Derek Achong
4 hours ago
Thu Dec 01 2022

Leader of the Tobago PNM Executive Council, Tracey Davidson-Celestine.


Derek Achong

A defamation lawsuit brought by former People's National Movement (PNM) Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine against Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has been struck out.

The development in the case took place a short while ago during a hearing before High Court Judge Carol Gobin.

Davidson-Celestine was ordered to pay Augustine's legal costs for defending the lawsuit, which did not reach the trial stage.

Her ability to continue to pursue the case was raised by Augustine's legal team during a case management hearing in early October.

Augustine's lawyer Ken Wright indicated that Davidson-Celestine's legal team did not apply to the court to host a case management conference in the case after they filed their defence by an extended deadline.

Wright pointed out that under the Civil Proceedings Rules (CPR) 1998, which governs how civil litigation is managed, cases should be automatically struck out if the correct procedure is not followed.

In the lawsuit, Davidson-Celestine was claiming that Augustine tarnished her reputation when he accused her of corruption in relation to a zipline project allegedly undertaken by the THA in 2015.

Augustine made the comments while addressing a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political meeting in Scarborough in the run-up to the THA elections in January 2021.
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Davidson-Celestine denied any wrongdoing as she claimed that the project had barely begun when she left her role as THA tourism secretary to take up the post of T&T Ambassador to Costa Rica in 2017.

The election eventually ended in a stalemate with the PNM and PDP each securing six districts.

The THA districts were subsequently increased from 12 to 15 before another election was held in December of that year.

The second election ended in a landslide victory for the PDP, which secured 14 of the districts.

The THA recently filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Original Canopy Tours Enterprises Limited seeking US$416,900 in compensation over its alleged failure to comply with the terms of the agreement over the zipline project for the Main Ridge Forest Reserve.
Report Ad

Earlier this month, the THA obtained freezing orders from a High Court Judge and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court against Richard Graham and Darren Hreniuk, the directors of the company which is registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The orders prevent the duo from disposing of funds in their T&T and BVI bank accounts, which can be used to pay the compensation if the THA is eventually successful in its litigation.

Augustine was also represented by Justin Phelps, while Davidson-Celestine was represented by Keith Scotland, Asha Watkins-Montserin, and Keisha Kydd-Hannibal.
So what happened here? Gobin paid by the THA? Racist judgement? Democracy falling apart? Kamla fault?


From the article :roll:

Her ability to continue to pursue the case was raised by Augustine's legal team during a case management hearing in early October.

Augustine's lawyer Ken Wright indicated that Davidson-Celestine's legal team did not apply to the court to host a case management conference in the case after they filed their defence by an extended deadline.

Wright pointed out that under the Civil Proceedings Rules (CPR) 1998, which governs how civil litigation is managed, cases should be automatically struck out if the correct procedure is not followed.
So Zippy failed procedurally to advance her case, nothing nefarious at all.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby The_Honourable » February 10th, 2023, 10:30 pm

High Court shuts down request to challenge Local Government Election extension

Political activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj has failed in his bid to challenge the Government's move to extend the term of local government representatives by a year.

Delivering a judgement at the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain, a short while ago, Appellate Judges Prakash Moosai, Gillian Lucky, and James Aboud dismissed Maharaj's appeal against the Cabinet and Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi.

Justice Moosai, who delivered the panel's decision, stated that the constitutional right to vote only applied to general elections and not local government elections.

The panel also ruled that the Cabinet was entitled to proclaim segments of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Local Government Reform) Act, which prescribed the change.

The outcome of the appeal is not the end of Maharaj's legal challenge as even before the Appeal Court's decision was delivered the parties agreed that the United Kingdom-based Privy Council should weigh in on it.

In his lawsuit, Maharaj is claiming that he became concerned after Al-Rawi hosted a press conference and announced the Government's intention to proclaim certain sections of the legislation.

The sections of the legislation identified by Al-Rawi seek to increase the terms of councilors from three years to four years. It effectively caused the deferral of the election, which would be due between December, last year, and March, this year.

Maharaj is contending that Al-Rawi misinterpreted the effect of the legislation when he announced plans to apply it to incumbent councillors and aldermen as he claims that it did not have a retroactive effect.

Through the lawsuit, Maharaj is seeking a series of declarations against the move and an order quashing it.

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/high-co ... 33f45bb785

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby Kickstart » February 11th, 2023, 2:53 am

The_Honourable wrote:High Court shuts down request to challenge Local Government Election extension

Political activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj has failed in his bid to challenge the Government's move to extend the term of local government representatives by a year.

Delivering a judgement at the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain, a short while ago, Appellate Judges Prakash Moosai, Gillian Lucky, and James Aboud dismissed Maharaj's appeal against the Cabinet and Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi.

Justice Moosai, who delivered the panel's decision, stated that the constitutional right to vote only applied to general elections and not local government elections.

The panel also ruled that the Cabinet was entitled to proclaim segments of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Local Government Reform) Act, which prescribed the change.

The outcome of the appeal is not the end of Maharaj's legal challenge as even before the Appeal Court's decision was delivered the parties agreed that the United Kingdom-based Privy Council should weigh in on it.

In his lawsuit, Maharaj is claiming that he became concerned after Al-Rawi hosted a press conference and announced the Government's intention to proclaim certain sections of the legislation.

The sections of the legislation identified by Al-Rawi seek to increase the terms of councilors from three years to four years. It effectively caused the deferral of the election, which would be due between December, last year, and March, this year.

Maharaj is contending that Al-Rawi misinterpreted the effect of the legislation when he announced plans to apply it to incumbent councillors and aldermen as he claims that it did not have a retroactive effect.

Through the lawsuit, Maharaj is seeking a series of declarations against the move and an order quashing it.

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/high-co ... 33f45bb785
From I read there, the appeal wash their hands and passed it on to the privy council

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby bluefete » February 11th, 2023, 4:30 am

"Justice Moosai, who delivered the panel's decision, stated that the constitutional right to vote only applied to general elections and not local government elections."

Judges gone mad!

Still have to go to our colonial masters for justice.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby maj. tom » February 11th, 2023, 11:02 am

uh huh. Same thing I had said somewhere earlier in the thread. So If we have no constitutional right to vote in local election, what the ass they even having one for? Why not just let the cabinet select the local government and stop this farce of pretense democracy?

Local government is supposed to represent every common man on the smallest level where the people get direct representation where they live through councilpersons and other such very local and small bodies. They directly get to meet the representatives and address concerns who pass it up to Members of Parliament and to the House of Assembly. That's how local government works in UK as well. Since before there was even a Parliament system, since before a feudal system, since Roman democracy, that's how it has worked. So ppl have no right to vote for that?

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby Rovin » February 11th, 2023, 11:16 am

u cud see why we still need d privy council ...

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby hover11 » February 11th, 2023, 11:44 am

Rovin wrote:u cud see why we still need d privy council ...
Then it opens up another can of worms , if we are so corrupt that we cannot apply the law fairly and without malice ourselves but wait for old slave Masters to decide for us. Are we truly independent? I pretty sure England fed up of hearing our small island problems, it is better we do away with this Judiciary we have because it is tainted and let the lords decide everything for us as we are incapable of applying justice among ourselves.

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Postby Kickstart » February 11th, 2023, 12:28 pm

Rovin wrote:u cud see why we still need d privy council ...
The appeal court don't want to get in PNM mess so they passed it on to the Privy Council. Smart move cause the PNM does not obey Trini laws

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby The_Honourable » March 15th, 2023, 3:16 pm

Privy Council told: Delaying local government polls affront to democracy

GOVERNMENT’s move to extend the term of local government representatives and postpone the polls by a year had implications for democracy, five law lords were told on Wednesday, in the challenge by political and social activist Ravi Balgobin-Maharaj.

After a full day of submissions from Balgobin-Maharaj’s legal team, comprising Peter Carter, KC, and Anand Ramlogan, SC, the five law lords – Lords Reed, Hodge, Briggs, Kitchin, and Richards – reserved their decision.

Reed, president of the Supreme Court of the UK and president of Wednesday’s panel, acknowledged there was still a “sense of urgency” in the matter and while not able to give an immediate decision “here and now,” he assured it would be “as soon as we can.”

Reed also raised “hypothetically” what would happen next if they were to allow Balgobin-Maharaj’s appeal. He said after a decision, the parties would be invited to advance submission on the terms of the order they would make, since “elections cannot be held at the drop of a hat.”

In February, after he lost in the Court of Appeal, Balgobin-Maharaj petitioned the Privy Council, which set March for hearing the challenge – the month the polls should have been held if not for the legislative change.

Passed by a simple majority in 2022, the Local Government Reform Act, which contains amendments to the Municipal Corporations Act, allowed local government elections to be delayed by a year. Whether it applied to individuals elected before the law came into effect was one of the issues raised before the Appeal Court – which said it did – and the Privy Council.

The election was due between December 4, 2022, and March 4, 2023, but the partial proclamation of local-government reform legislation allowed the extension of the terms of councillors and aldermen to four years. Balgobin-Maharaj’s attorneys argued this was an affront to democracy and should not have been retroactive.

“It was carefully calibrated at the 11th hour,” Ramlogan argued.

Carter provided a historical context of local government in Trinidad and Tobago.

King’s Counsel Thomas Roe, who represented the Government, said there was no ambiguity in the law or the amendments.

Roe insisted what was done was legally permissible. He said it was “unrealistic” to say the one-year postponement struck at the heart of democracy.

He also submitted that it was accepted that Parliament could change the duration of the tenure of elected councillors, as had happened before in TT, calling the amendment a “modest alteration.”

“There is a difficulty in appealing to notions of the constitutional importance of the right to vote on statutory construction.”

In response to Roe’s submissions, Ramlogan said Parliament did not express whether the amendments applied to incumbent councillors or those in the future.

He said even if there was no vested right to vote in local government elections, the question of fairness arose.

“Parliament cannot by a side-wind take away the right to vote in local government elections.”

Balgobin-Maharaj had applied for permission to judicially review the decision of the government and for a temporary order to prevent councillors elected in 2019 from continuing in office for another year.

His application was dismissed and the Appeal Court dismissed his challenge on the substantive issues, after which he petitioned the London court.

In his lawsuit, Balgobin-Maharaj is seeking declarations to stop the alleged government plan to postpone the elections and that any attempt to do so by retrospectively applying the Municipal Corporations Act amendments would be a fraud committed on the electorate, in bad faith, and would amount to improper use of the legislation.

Balgobin-Maharaj is also asking the court to quash the declaration that the elections are now due between December 4, 2023, and March 4, 2024, and the decision to extend the terms of office of councillors and aldermen.

https://newsday.co.tt/2023/03/15/privy- ... democracy/

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby paid_influencer » March 15th, 2023, 4:58 pm

who care what the privy council say. waste of taxpayers money. nothing going to change

edit: pnm safe seat here

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Postby Kickstart » March 15th, 2023, 5:16 pm

paid_influencer wrote:who care what the privy council say. waste of taxpayers money. nothing going to change

edit: pnm safe seat here
That's what they said in Nazi Germany, who cares about the Jews

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby Rovin » March 15th, 2023, 5:53 pm

by d time this gets attended to d year they postponed it by might reach up, like mentioned it was carefully orchestrated ...

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Postby hover11 » March 15th, 2023, 6:08 pm

Rovin wrote:by d time this gets attended to d year they postponed it by might reach up, like mentioned it was carefully orchestrated ...
This has been pnm's master plan all along, tie up everything in the courts till elections and then give the ppl what they want.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby wing » March 15th, 2023, 8:38 pm

hover11 wrote:
Rovin wrote:by d time this gets attended to d year they postponed it by might reach up, like mentioned it was carefully orchestrated ...
This has been pnm's master plan all along, tie up everything in the courts till elections and then give the ppl what they want.
But wasn't it the UNC activist that started the court action in the first place? Or was he baited into doing so? Either way, the lawyers eating very well.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby The_Honourable » March 15th, 2023, 8:52 pm

wing wrote:
hover11 wrote:
Rovin wrote:by d time this gets attended to d year they postponed it by might reach up, like mentioned it was carefully orchestrated ...
This has been pnm's master plan all along, tie up everything in the courts till elections and then give the ppl what they want.
But wasn't it the UNC activist that started the court action in the first place? Or was he baited into doing so? Either way, the lawyers eating very well.



Correct, it was actually UNC activist Ravi Balgobin-Maharaj that initiated the matter and brought it to the courts.

You are right that PNM was expecting a court case by the UNC or their activists believing that the case would be tied up. LGE would come and go with a ruling after the fact.

What the PNM didn't plan for was for the matter to be appealed through the court system so fast that even the Privy Council accepted the case as urgent.

If the Privy Council rules in favor of Ravi's case, expect egg on the PNM and an early LGE.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby paid_influencer » March 15th, 2023, 9:02 pm

what if rowley just ignores the ruling and does what he wants anyway who would stop him the president

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby De Dragon » March 15th, 2023, 9:25 pm

wing wrote:
hover11 wrote:
Rovin wrote:by d time this gets attended to d year they postponed it by might reach up, like mentioned it was carefully orchestrated ...
This has been pnm's master plan all along, tie up everything in the courts till elections and then give the ppl what they want.
But wasn't it the UNC activist that started the court action in the first place? Or was he baited into doing so? Either way, the lawyers eating very well.

So, what was going to happen without a legal challenge? :roll:
Note that the Privy Council, attached more importance to our voting rights than the High, and Appeal Courts.

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby eliteauto » March 15th, 2023, 11:11 pm

Are we still a rum and roti electorate? If yes then even a loss at the Privy Council works for the PNM. I was expecting a December poll last year, by doing this it gave the government time to mobilize the road paving exercise we're seeing all over the country now, river desilting, embankment building, , pavement construction etc that probably still mamguys the short memory party fanatics and some others, gives the contractors hope of some payment down the road, that trickles to their employees and I haven't been on the road certain hours of late but can anyone say if there have been more CEPEP gangs lately?

The PNM strategy book is older than me and they're still using it in 2023, it's left to be seen how successful it is

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Re: Local Government Elections Postponed until December 2023

Postby Dizzy28 » March 16th, 2023, 10:07 am

There were no local government elections between 2003 and 2010 - a seven year span and no beat up happened.
What changed?

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