Rowe legal team says Supreme Court order on Accompong vote reached Chief Currie by email

Lawyers acting for Merdie Rowe maintain that Nomination Day proceedings held today for the May 22 Accompong Maroon Election in St. Elizabeth proceeded in breach of a Supreme Court injunction delivered by email.

Rowe sought the Accompong Chief post. His team filed the injunction in the Supreme Court last week to halt Nomination Day and Election Day activity and to stop Richard Currie from continuing as Chief.

The court granted the order on Wednesday. Currie and Clavie Johnson, director of the Accompong Electoral Committee, have said they were not formally served with it.

In an update to IRIE FM News, George Traille, one of Rowe's attorneys, said the court directed that the papers be served both by email and in person. Traille said steps were taken for personal service and that the email went to Chief Currie on Wednesday without any receipt being acknowledged. He added that failing to acknowledge the message does not justify disregarding a Supreme Court injunction.

Asked about the Electoral Committee's position that Rowe could not run because he had not lived in Accompong for three straight years, Traille said that was not his understanding of the facts.

With the dispute set for court on June 10, Traille said Chief Currie should use that hearing to put forward any arguments or clarifications he wishes to raise.