Disgraced former High Commissioner to India, Charrandass Persaud, is still on the payroll of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the government says his employment was never terminated and he still holds a valid employment contract.
Sources told the Stabroek News that Persaud’s role at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unclear as he has not been at Takuba Lodge since his recall but the “accounts department has been instructed to keep sending his money to his account.”
When Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, was contacted by this newspaper and asked why Persaud was still being paid, he told the Sunday Stabroek that while Persaud was recalled to Guyana, his services were not terminated. “He still has a contract with us…it was not that he was let go of.”
Efforts by the Sunday Stabroek to contact Persaud proved futile as calls to his mobile number went unanswered as like messages sent.