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 Supreme Court Marshals picketing outside Court of Appeal |
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During a
picketing exercise outside the Guyana Court of Appeal on June 17, the marshals
contended that although the Court did not grant Ramlal a stay of execution, they
had already spent 14 months without pay.
They
carried slogans, which read, “Is Sita above the law?” “State lawyers using
delaying tactics”, “Let justice prevail”, “Is the law only for the
poor?” ”We have a family too”, and “Sita appealed but was denied stay of
execution”.
Later
Chancellor of the Judiciary, Miss Desiree Bernard, noted that the Court was
governed by rules and declared that the delay in hearing the appeal was due to
the fact that the records of the appeal have just been received.
According
to her, notices are in the process of being sent out to those concerned.
