Former Chairman of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) Sir Gerald Watt QC has added another two reasons to his year-old list of why voter re-registration is a bad idea.

Tributes flooded the newsroom late Wednesday and yesterday following the news that educator Lesroy Merchant passed away Wednesday evening.

The High Court has ruled that actions of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer to recommend the removal of Sir Gerald Watt QC as chairman of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission

Deposed chairman of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) Sir Gerald Watt won his High Court case challenging his January 5, 2011 demotion.

The chairman of the Electoral Commission says he has not yet received any clear indication about his status and that of the other members following the recent enactment of a law that effectively makes their positions redundant.

In a strange turn of events, one of two church organisations that will be called upon to select a nominee for the Electoral Commission have said the first time it knew of that function was when the story hit the airwaves.

Former chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) Sir Gerald Watt QC still holds the opinion that he is the lawful chairman of ABEC.

The Antigua Labour Party (ALP) is exploring the possibility of court action to challenge the electoral amendments that passed the Senate on Monday.

Illegal and misguided were descriptions used by Opposition Antigua Labour Party senators as the body debated the new version of the voting law yesterday.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s decision in January this year to demote Sir Gerald Watt QC from electoral commission chairman to ordinary commissioner will be under courtroom scrutiny starting today.