FRIDAY, MARCH 06, 2026
VOLUME 120, No. 10
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ELECTION PETITIONS SET FOR JULY
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Right: The defendants in the election petitions matter – Dr. Godwin Friday (left) and Fitzgerald Bramble, now Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister respectively.
by DAYLE DASILVA
Carlos Williams, ULP candidate, lost for the second time to Dr. Friday for the Northern Grenadines seat.
Luke Browne of the ULP lost for the fourth consecutive time in his bid for the East Kingstown.
THE ELECTION PETITION CASES filed against Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday and Foreign Affairs Minister Fitzgerald Bramble is set to begin on July 28. This was the decision in the matter following an open court hearing at the St Vincent and the Grenadines High Court before Justice Gertel Thom on March 5. Dora James, the Supervisor of Elections was also ordered to disclose nomination papers and statutory Election petitions were filed against Dr. Friday, the Parliamentary Representative for the Northern Grenadines, and Bramble, MP for East Kingstown, by Carlos Williams and Luke Browne respectively, and who contested the elections in the said constituencies. Their ground of objection was that both Dr. Friday and Bramble held Canadian citizenship and by holding dual citizenship, they were disqualified from contesting general elections in SVG, as per Section 26 of the
country’s Constitution, and barred from being appointed as a Representative or Senator. Notices were issued following the nominations of both New Democratic Party candidates on November 10, 2025 to contest the November 27, 2025 General Elections. Williams is
challenging Friday’s nomination as well as the action of Devon Ollivierre, the returning officer and the Supervisor of Election. Browne is challenging Bramble’s nomination as well as the action of the returning officer in that constituency, Jacqueline
Browne, and the Supervisor of Elections. Meanwhile, a team of foreign lawyers, including Stuart Young, a former People’s National Movement Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, who is representing the Unity Labour Party
peritioners — Williams and Browne. Kate Quincy TempleMabe from the United Kingdom, and Anand Ramlogan S.C, Vishal Siewsaran and Garesh Saroop of Trinidad and Tobago will be representing Dr. Friday and Bramble.
PM TO PURSUE LEGAL COSTS by KENVILLE HORNE PRIME MINISTER DR. GODWIN FRIDAY says he intends to vigorously pursue legal costs against the petitioners challenging his election and that of a fellow government minister, if the court rules in their favour. Speaking after a hearing at the High Court, in the matter of elections petitions brought against him and MP Fitzgerald Bramble, the Prime Minister said the legal action has consumed valuable public time and resources. Continued on Page 3.
Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday (2nd from right) with members of his legal team (from left): Louise Mitchell (Attorney General), Kay Bacchus-Baptiste (Defence Attorney) and Anand Ramlogan S.C, of Trinidad and Tobago.