High Court Tosses Out Electoral Boundaries Challenge  

The High Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge against Belize’s Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC), calling it an improper attempt to reopen a case that was already settled. Roody Lewinskey Wade and six others argued that the country’s current electoral boundaries violate the Constitution by failing to ensure equal representation. But Justice Hondora ruled that the group was simply rehashing arguments from a 2019 lawsuit that had already been resolved through a consent order in 2022. That agreement had required the EBC to review and propose changes to the electoral map. When the claimants later returned to court, alleging non-compliance, the judge said their actions amounted to an “abuse of process.” Even though Wade wasn’t part of the original case, the court found he had a “privity of interest” and was still bound by the previous outcome. Justice Hondora struck out the case, emphasizing that legal disputes must come to an end and cannot be endlessly revived. Both sides have until July thirty-first to settle the issue of legal costs.