Privy Council told: Delaying local government polls affront to democracy
GOVERNMENT’s move to extend the term of local government representatives and postpone the polls by a year had implications for democracy, five law lords were told on Wednesday, in the challenge by political and social activist Ravi Balgobin-Maharaj. After a full day of submissions from Balgobin-Maharaj’s legal team, comprising Peter Carter, KC, and Anand Ramlogan,