Two defeated candidates of the main opposition Unity Labour Party (ULP) have filed election petitions challenging the victory of Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday and his Foreign Affairs Minister, Fitz Bramble, following the November 27 general elections.
Carlos Williams and Luke Browne are challenging the victories of Friday and Bramble in the Northern Grenadines and the East Kingstown after the New Democratic Party (NDP) won an overwhelming 14-1 seat majority, ending the 25 year rule of the ULP.
The two defeated candidates want the High Court to rule that the election victory of Friday and Bramble are invalid because they were not qualified to be nominated as candidates, given that they are both hold Canadian citizenship.
The nomination of Friday, who has been representing the Northern Grenadines since March 2001 and Bramble, who was first elected to Parliament in November 2020, had become in the lead up to the elections, with the ULP challenging their nominations on Nomination Day.