Not attacking Chancellor, AG says

Attorney General Basil Williams SC, while denying that he has been publicly attacking outgoing Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh and the judiciary, yesterday said that he was trying to clean up the mess left behind by the PPP/C administration.

Speaking at a press conference, he told reporters that he has said nothing that could be likened to an attack on the judiciary. “All that I have said in relation to the two cases is that we would appeal the two cases to the CCJ. I am not sure how they confusing Maxwell Edwards and other people’s opinions with mine,” he said.

He was making reference to the race baiting appeal case involving PPP/C Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and a $446 million judgement granted in favour of Dipcon Engineering Services Limited.

The Minister of Legal Affairs noted that Edwards, a letter writer, appears