Datadin withdraws as prosecutor in elections cases

Saying that he did not want to be a source of delays, attorney Sanjeev Datadin has withdrawn from serving as a prosecutor in the criminal proceedings against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield.

“I am of the view that I will serve justice and the people of Guyana best by not providing a mechanism for delay or a target for baseless and time consuming letters and possible litigation,” Datadin wrote in an October 30th letter to Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack.

“In the circumstances, I humbly ask that you release me, fortwith, from the fiat to prosecute; so that the matters may proceed speedily and there be no further delay to the hearing of these matters,” he added.