Nandlall calls $700M pay claim for elections inquiry personnel fabricated

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said the claim by APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul that some $700 million will be paid to the three Commissioners serving on the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 general and regional election is completely fabricated.

In a social media statement on Thursday, Mahipaul said that he noticed Nandlall referencing his letter to Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson Snr requesting information on the remuneration packages of the Chair, Commissioners and other members of the CoI. He said that the Attorney General “played politics instead of telling the nation what are the salaries and benefits of the Commissioners and resource personnel for the 2020 Election Commission of Inquiry.”