The former supervisor of elections in St. Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, has been released on EC$50 000 bail after he appeared in court on two counts of misconduct in public office related to the 2015 general elections.
George, who had to surrender his travel documents as a condition of the bail, was arrested on Friday after the authorities said that the charges refer to misconduct relating to two constituencies in terms of withholding their results.
George halted the counts in the Saint Christopher #4 and Saint Christopher #8, constituencies on February 16, 2015 and two days later declared Lindsay Grant and Eugene Hamilton, both of whom are now ministers in the government of National Unity headed by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris.
According to CMC News, the decision to withhold the results led to widespread criticism from regional governments with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves declaring then that George’s “unprecedented tardiness” had “given rise to unnecessary uncertainty”.
The coalition had defeated the incumbent St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party headed by Dr. Denzil Douglas, who was seeking an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in office.
