Court ruling likely this week

THIS week, the Court of Appeal is likely to deliver its ruling on the validity of the No-Confidence Motion brought against the Government. It can either overturn or uphold the motion.

If the panel of judges led by the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards, upholds the January 31, 2019 decision of the High Court that the No-Confidence Motion was validly passed in the National Assembly as declared by the Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland, the Appellate Court has the power to extend the timeframe for the holding of General and Regional Elections in the absence of an extension by a two-third majority of all elected members of the National Assembly.