While describing Attorney General Basil Williams SC as a hard worker, President David Granger yesterday said that the dismal performance in court matters involving the government is as a result of the poor representation which dates back to the previous administration.
“I do not feel in the past that we had the best representation in some of the cases which we inherited. (they) were lost before we started because the representation was inadequate and that is a great pity. I don’t want to mention case by case but if we had better representation over the years we would not have lost so much money because of certain claims made against the government so I wouldn’t blame the Minister of Legal Affairs. I think within that ministry there were some persons who were not necessarily doing the best for the Government of Guyana”, he said during a press conference yesterday. He was asked if he was satisfied with the manner in which the AG has been handling state cases as well as his general performance.
Granger while noting that no one wants to lose cases, stressed that one cannot always win.