SECTION 34 COURT MATTER
By
Andy Sieupresad
Story Created:
Jan 31, 2013 at 10:53 AM ECT
Story Updated:
Jan 31, 2013 at 10:53 AM ECT
Lawyers for the Attorney General contend it was perfectly legal for Parliament to repeal Section 34 with the Piarco corruption cases in mind.
As arguments continued today in the constitutionality challenge brought to the High Court by some of the Piarco defendants, the AG's counsel says the legislature did not overreach into the judiciary when it struck Section 34 off the statute books.
