The Independent Liberal Party (ILP) has expressed disagreement with Justice Ricky Rahim's decision to decline an application made by Sunil Ramjitsingh, election agent for the ILP's candidate for Munroe Road/Caroni Savannah Simeon Mahabir, seeking judicial review against Adrian Ali, a United National Congress (UNC) candidate in the Local Government Elections.
"On review of the reasons given by Justice Rahim for his decision, we have observed that certain pertinent sections of the law were not given the necessary attention by the honourable judge, and on that basis, the ILP will be pursuing this matter further in due course,"ILP leader Rehka Ramjit stated in a press release yesterday.
On Friday, the matter, filed by Ramjitsingh, came up at the San Fernando Civil Court.
Ramjitsingh claimed that Ali did not meet the legal requirements to qualify as a candidate and should be disqualified from contesting the election and his name should be removed from the ballot papers.
He also claimed that Ali was not residing at Clarke Road, Charlieville, but at Mon Plasir Road, Cunupia, which was located outside of the boundaries he was contesting.
However, Rahim who had deferred his judgment on Friday to yesterday, gave his decision hours before voters go to the polls.
"The ruling this morning pertains only to an application for leave to seek judicial review and is in no way a determination of the substantive issues of the de facto place of residence of candidate Ali, whether the information he inserted on his nomination form and statutory declaration are truthful and accurate, or whether he ought to truthfully be listed as an elector within the Borough of Chaguanas," the release said.
Ramjit said these issues were not ventilated in court and would be deliberated at a substantive hearing.