Former Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj is suing his successor Gail Teixeira for defamation over statements she allegedly made about him which were contained in a US diplomatic cable released by the WikiLeaks website.
The contents of the cable, which were originally written by then US Charge d’Affaires Michael Thomas in 2006, were carried in Tuesday’s Guyana Chronicle in full. A summons was served on Teixeira yesterday morning at PPP Headquarters at Freedom House. Upon being served the summons Teixeira looked over the document telling Stabroek News that she was shocked.
She noted that to be sued by Gajraj for $10M dollars over defamation of character by callous slander and libel came as a