The opposition PPP yesterday denounced charges against its former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali over the Pradoville Housing Scheme as “trumped up” and stated that authoritarianism is being taken to another level.
Ali was intercepted in the city early yesterday morning and later charged with 19 counts. He later appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was placed on self-bail. He was not required to plead.
In a statement yesterday, the PPP said that the charges against Ali have been dangling for over two years and their institution a few days before the national budget debates begins and a planned No-Confidence Motion is no coincidence.