Geisha Kow­lessar

It is yet to be de­cid­ed who will be the can­di­dates in the June 29 elec­tion of the Law As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go but it seems that Ramesh Ma­haraj may be a con­tender. Le­gal sources said yes­ter­day, how­ev­er, that ju­nior at­tor­neys, had ob­ject­ed to Ma­haraj con­test­ing the elec­tion. One le­gal source said Ma­haraj might be go­ing up for the po­si­tion of vice pres­i­dent while Karl Hud­son-Phillips, QC, is yet to de­cide if he will seek the pres­i­den­cy.

Ma­haraj said he had not been for­mal­ly ap­proached but "heard talk from lawyers" that he was be­ing con­sid­ered. "No one for­mal­ly has ap­proached me. But I did hear oth­er lawyers talk­ing that if Mr Hud­son-Phillips did go up for pres­i­den­cy I might be se­lect­ed for vice-pres­i­dent," Ma­haraj said. "It is some­thing I would have to think about be­cause it would mean I would have to de­vi­ate from my law prac­tice."

Is­rael Khan, SC, who was con­test­ing the post of pres­i­den­cy against for­mer as­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Dana See­ta­hal, SC, said yes­ter­day he was still un­de­cid­ed. "The young lawyers want me to go up for pres­i­den­cy. If Mr Hud­son-Phillips does not go up, then I will run. Mr Hud­son-Phillips still has to give us a de­ci­sion whether or not he is run­ning," Khan said. Con­tact­ed yes­ter­day, See­ta­hal of­fered no com­ment.