BY ROMINAH FAKA
The High Court has dismissed the petition against Central Guadalcanal Member of Parliament, Peter Shanel Agovaka.
Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer delivered the ruling on Monday.
Petitioner Jeromy Manengelea Rex had filed three bribery allegations against Agovaka, as well as nine allegations of Electoral Act 2018 breaches against the Electoral Commission and its officers.
However, the court accepted Agovaka’s lawyer’s application to strike out the bribery allegations, citing insufficient particulars that failed to establish a reasonable cause of action against Agovaka.
The Chief Justice ruled that the bribery allegations were frivolous, vexatious, and lacked sufficient grounds to warrant a hearing. Similarly, the allegations against the Electoral Commission and its officers were dismissed due to their vague, ambiguous, and presumptive nature.
Agovaka was represented by McChesney Ale, while Freliz Fakari’i acted for the Electoral officers, and Evan Olofia represented the petitioner, Jeromy Manengelea Rex.
