The bulk of monies allocated for the Ministry of Legal Affairs will go towards the balance owed to Surinamese beverage company RUDISA International NV, which had won a judgement against the former government at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams and his predecessor Anil Nandlall on Tuesday bickered over where $1.2B allocated this year under the rubric ‘Other’ in the budget estimates would go, with the minister reminding Nandlall that most of it was to complete pay off of an inherited debt.
“The balance of the payment for RUDISA, which will be over USD$3.2M… most of it would go there,” Williams told the Committee of Supply as estimates for the