Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada Ambassador Clarissa Riehl and her husband are the owners of one of the Carmichael Street lots being compulsorily acquired by government but sources close to her say that the move has caught her off guard and she had made it clear to Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams that she was not prepared to relinquish the property.
Stabroek News was told by sources that when the new government came into office last year, Riehl was approached with respect to selling the property but she had explained that she already had plans for the land and that it was not for sale.
Williams has since confirmed that Riehl owns one of the lots at the corner of Middle and Carmichael