Judge declines to halt PNM’s Sando East Women’s League election

A High Court Judge has de­clined to stop an elec­tion of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) San Fer­nan­do East Women’s League af­ter a long-stand­ing par­ty mem­ber brought le­gal ac­tion over be­ing al­leged­ly ex­clud­ed from the poll.

Jus­tice Christo­pher Sieuc­hand de­clined to grant an in­junc­tion be­ing sought by 81-year-old Bernadette Shirley Blen­man, of Ste Madeleine, as her ap­pli­ca­tion came up for hear­ing yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, hours be­fore the elec­tion was due to take place at the Vista­bel­la Re­gion­al Com­plex.

In the ap­pli­ca­tion, Blen­man, through her at­tor­neys Matthew Gayle and Richard Ro­jas, of New City Cham­bers, were ei­ther seek­ing to have her par­tic­i­pate in the elec­tion or to stop it (the elec­tion) pend­ing the de­ter­mi­na­tion of her sub­stan­tive case over her el­i­gi­bil­i­ty to vote.