Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday maintained that Joseph Harmon did not have a “subsisting, valid and enforceable” contract to entitle him to any benefits as a result of his sacking from the government’s employ.
Harmon, the former Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency and part of the leadership of the former APNU+AFC administration, was formally fired on Thursday by Nandlall as he awaited word on a request for 42 days of leave.
Harmon later told Stabroek News that he did not recognise Nandlall’s powers and that he had planned to return to work although did not state in what capacity. The new PPP/C-led government expected political appointees, like Harmon, to resign following its assumption of office almost two weeks ago at the end of an acrimonious five-month-long post-elections dispute.