New Attorney General Basil Williams says he believes he should have been made a senior counsel ever since and he asserted that his record as a legal practitioner over 33 years has been unblemished.
In an interview with Stabroek News, Williams was responding to questions about the post of AG and Ministry of Legal Affairs now having been held in succession by persons who were not senior counsel. Traditionally, AGs have been Senior Counsel prior to appointment. He was also asked about the view that his predecessor, Anil Nandlall had brought the office into disrepute by virtue of a scandalous telephone conversation which became public last year and about the need therefore to ensure that the image of the office is preserved.
Williams said that in his 33 years of practice, no allegation has been made against him that he is corrupt, does drugs or does not have a clean character in his legal practice. He said that although the former AG had previous issues that may have brought his