To a defamation claim brought here against it and State-owned media entities by New York-based Guyanese political commentator—Rickford Burke—who is seeking more than $500m in damages, the government’s contention is that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.
This, among other things, are the averments being made by Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira, in her defence filed on Tuesday to the multimillion-dollar claim levelled against the State and its news agencies.
Apart from Teixeira, the other Defendants listed in the claim are the Attorney General, National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspapers Limited, publishers of the Guyana Chronicle.