Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson have lost their final battle to avoid extradition to Miami to face a total of 95 charges relating to the construction of the Piarco Airport Terminal building.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London refused to grant leave to the two businessmen to appeal the matter to the British Law Lords.
The Law Lords did not summon lawyers for oral arguments.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan must sign the warrant of surrender that would enable U.S. marshals to escort both men to Miami.
Read the full story in the Trinidad Guardian
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Here are the facts:
In relation to the extradition proceedings that are currently ongoing with regards to Steve Ferguson & Ishwar Galbaransingh the Attorney General has now written to the two persons inviting them through their attorneys to make representations as to why it would be unjust and oppressive or unconstitutional to take further steps in their extradition. In his letter to Ferguson and Galbaransingh dated June 10th, 2010 the Honourable Attorney General informed them that this decision is proceeding along the legal basis adopted by his predecessor, John Jeremie and that the request from the Attorney General for these representations is necessitated by the principles of Natural Justice.
If the Attorney General’s decision is unfavourable to Ferguson and/or Galbaransingh the Appeal Court has already ruled that they must be given a reasonable time to judicially review the Attorney General’s decision in the High Court and at that stage they will have the right to go all the way to the Privy Council.
Ferguson, when asked for comments, informed the media that the article in “the Guardian newspaper of today’s date was not only erroneous but misleading and [he] was grossly disappointed that the author of the article did not understand the stage at which the proceedings had reached. It is regrettable that the author did not see it fit to contact either him or Mr. Galbaransingh for comment before proceeding in haste with the misleading publication.” Ferguson further said, “the proceedings have not even reached half-time and it is therefore premature for a journalist to make comments as he did.”
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