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Court to supervise BCB elections today at New Amsterdam Town Hall

Following court battles and verification process it has been decided that the High Court will be supervising the Berbice Cricket Board elections set for today at the New Amsterdam Town Hall from 11:00 hrs.
The decision was handed down by Justice Navendra Singh in the Berbice High Court on January 30th.
The Court had ordered on December 18th that elections be held in the month of January, but had recalled that order and replaced it with a new one.  Justice Singh had initially ordered the elections which were held on October 8 and which were subsequently deemed fraudulent.
The court order further stated that an Agent of the Court will convene the meeting for the purpose of the election being held.
It went on to mention that the Agent shall verify the presence of the delegates/representatives of the various clubs and associations from the lists approved by the court. Such verified delegates/representatives shall then vote for a Returning Officer from among all the persons present in the room.
The Returning Officer shall then conduct the election for the office bearers of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).
It went on to state that failing to comply with the terms of the judgment persons will be in contempt and may be liable to imprisonment of have their assets seized.
Following the holding of the Court ordered elections, on October 8 which incidentally was ordered by Justice Navendra Singh following a lengthy legal process, a number of clubs and association present complained that the elections were not held in a fair and transparent manner. They had taken the matter back to court complaining that the election process had been “fundamentally flawed, unfair and undemocratic,” and that the office-bearers could not have been properly elected.
After the matter was taken back to court Justice Singh had declared the elections held on October 8 “unlawful, null, void, and of no legal effect as the entire election process was fundamentally flawed, unfair and undemocratic”.
There are 11 clubs and three Sub Associations that are expected to vote.  

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