Turning back now to politics - a recent point of contention has been the voters' list in Cayo north. UDP Candidate Omar Figueroa says that the final list to be used in the election is in violation of a clear court order, because it has 124 fraudulent electors on the voters list.
In a release last Friday, the Election and Boundaries Commission said, quote, "there has been no electoral fraud and that all voter registration processes are conducted in full compliance with the Representation of the People Act. Any challenges regarding voter residency within the division are being properly addressed through the appropriate legal channels."
On Sunday, the Minister with responsibility for elections and boundaries dutifully defended the list in its current state:
Henry Charles Usher, PUP Party Chairman
"We have to follow what the legislation says and the legislation does contemplate challenges to persons registering or transferring into a division. Now whenever a person or a decision is made by a magistrate that individual has a right to appeal and it says very clearly in the legislation - as the chief elections officer showed the media - that while that appeal is ongoing that the person remains in the constituency that he or she registered in or transferred in. We also need to make sure to not disenfranchise, that's to make sure that everybody knows who is voting where. The list has to be prepared by nomination day you understand so I think it is critical that the legislation is followed."
Candidate Figueroa says "the 101 names were not on the list. They were in the process of transferring. It was stopped by a court order."
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