Peua v Lazaro - Certificate of Court [2011] CKHC 27; Misc 115.2010 (17 February 2011)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COOK ISLANDS
HELD AT PUKAPUKA AND RAROTONGA
(ELECTORAL COURT)

MISC NO. 115/2010
[PUKAPUKA]

IN THE MATTER of Section 92 of the Electoral Act 2004

AND

IN THE MATTER of the election of the Member of Parliament of the Cook Islands held on Wednesday 17 November 2010

BETWEEN

VAI PEUA
Petitioner

AND

TEKII LAZARO
First Respondent

AND

TAGGY TANGIMETUA
Second Respondent

AND

MARK TEREI SHORT
Third Respondent

AND

TEWOE LUKA
Fourth Respondent

To: The Chief Electoral Officer
Cook Islands

Certificate of Court as to result of Election

Pursuant to Section 104 of the Electoral Act 2004, the Court hereby certifies that at the conclusion of the hearing of this Election Petition it determined that the Member whose election was complained of, namely Tekii Lazaro, had committed a corrupt practice at the Election, namely bribery, and that accordingly his election was void.

The Court also determined that the Election for the Pukapuka-Nassau Constituency was void.

Dated at Rarotonga this 17th day of February 2011

By the Court

C M Nicholson J