Courtenay Coye Responds to Ramlogan, SC

This afternoon, the law firm of Courtenay Coye, representing the Government of Belize, responded to a letter written by Senior Counsel Anand Ramlogan.  The attorney wrote on behalf of his clients, including Jeremy Enriquez, requesting that the government indicates at least five days in advance when the date of the general election will be announced.  In its rejoinder, Courtenay Coye wrote, “we acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February sixth, 2025 which we received via email at 10:14 pm. We note in your letter that you have demanded an undertaking be given by the Prime Minister by 4 pm today. As you have expressed in your letters, the House of Representatives is sitting today. Therefore, it is not possible for us to advise our client and obtain instructions within the unreasonably short period you have demanded. In accordance with the Pre-Action Protocols Practice Direction, we expect to be able to take instructions and respond more fully on Monday, February tenth, 2025”.

 

Jeremy Enriquez, Claimant

“We were satisfied to know that yes, the Prime Minister would not call an election at this sitting of the house, but there is nothing to say that he could not, tomorrow, call the election.  So we were able to get another letter sent back to the Attorney General through the private law firm of Courtenay Coye and associates to indicate that we accept in good faith that the election is not called at this house meeting, but that if elections will be called, whenever elections are called, that we be given at least five days indication that the election will be called.  That will give us chance, and the court a fair chance to be able to examine if we need to seek redress at the court, there would be enough time for at least that window of time for the court to hear our case.”