The High Court tomorrow hears the challenge to the convening of parliament

The High Court tomorrow hears the challenge to the convening of parliament

The Barbados High Court will tomorrow morning hear arguments on an urgent application challenging the convening of Parliament.

Former Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, yesterday filed a petition for an injunction through his attorneys Garth Patterson and Michelle Russell.

Mr. Brathwaite alleges that Parliament has been convened at a time when the Senate, has not been constituted in accordance with section 36 of the Constitution.

He argues that since only eighteen of the required twenty-one Senators have been appointed there is no Senate and that without a Senate there is no Parliament and any business that it conducts will be invalid, including the recent constitutional amendment.

The case which names the attorney general as the respondent will be heard at 9 30 am at the Supreme Court Complex.

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