By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 3rd July 2020) — Deputy Leader of the Opposition SKNLP, Marcella Liburd, has pointed to immediate former elected government minister Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd’s high court filing regarding issues of the 2020 elections, which gives backup to the SKNLP’s own court challenge.
“Elections must be free and fair. I don’t think that there is anybody in this country who would say that these elections were free and fair! If you want to know if the elections were a travesty, look at ‘Patches’ coming to say that there were irregularities. They appointed all of the workers… and ‘Patches’ come to say that there were irregularities. Imagine that!”
Liburd filed his petition on Thursday 25th June following his 24-vote defeat in Constituency One, where SKNLP newcomer Dr. Geoffrey Hanley won 1,658 votes to Liburd’s 1,634. Liburd is challenging 98 rejected ballots and also making claims about Dr. Hanley’s eligibility due to alleged dual citizenship — which Hanley dismissed by showing his St. Kitts-Nevis passport with a US Visitor’s Visa during a live broadcast on Nomination Day.