After PNCR Executive Daniel Seeram was granted $50,000 bail amid charges of alleged domestic abuse towards his wife, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said “that only the court can decide on whether the regional chairman is guilty or not”.
Norton’s response came following questions on Seeram’s status in the party, to which he answered by saying “let the law take its course as his party will not comment on the subject”.
He told reporters Friday at a press briefing that since the matter is sub judice, it is wise for him to not pry too much on the issue since the courts will have the final verdict and not him.
The PNCR Leader initially at a press conference had recommended that the Region Four Chairman [Seeram] “do the decent thing and resign from the People’s National Congress Reform” considering reports of domestic abuse and assault towards his wife.
He was on the record saying that that “We vehemently oppose this kind of behaviour especially with women involved and the party plans to take the matter up for discussion”.
Though Norton recommended for Seeram to step down, he made it clear that the Regional Chairman will not be forced into doing so. On Friday, Seeram was granted $50,000 in bail by Magistrate Alisha George when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court on a wife abuse charge.
It was reported that in the early hours of the morning of September 13, Seeram and his wife got into a violent fight that ended with Seeram brandishing his licensed firearm.
His wife subsequently filed a report at the Turkeyen police station with signs of abuse visible about her body, according to the police.