LISTEN: PM Browne says legal challenges against Baltimore will fail

Prime Minister Gaston Browne says all legal challenges brought by the opposition United Progressive Party against St. Philip’s North MP Randy Baltimore are unlikely to succeed.

“Those cases will fail,” Browne said on his weekly Browne and Browne radio programme, dismissing ongoing court action surrounding Baltimore’s election and swearing-in.

The prime minister described the opposition’s initial injunction as misguided, saying the challenge reflected “delusion” and lacked merit.

He argued that Baltimore had complied fully with the law, noting that the former public officer resigned before the writ of election was issued.

“Baltimore resigned before the writ was issued and was fully compliant with the law,” Browne said.

Browne further contended that the opposition was aware its case would not succeed, particularly in relation to efforts to block Baltimore’s swearing-in.

“They knew they would lose that challenge,” he said.

The discussion also referenced a separate lawsuit questioning Baltimore’s nomination, but Browne maintained that all such legal efforts would ultimately fail.

He also rejected claims that Baltimore was required to give three months’ notice before resigning from the public service, dismissing the argument as unfounded.

The legal challenges come in the aftermath of the March 16 by-election, which Baltimore won decisively, and form part of ongoing political tensions between the two major parties ahead of a general election.

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