Georgetwon: According to the Government news agency, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s lawyer, Anil Nandlall slammed Christopher Ram, one of the lawyers representing the defence, for attempting to put to the witness a document which Ram claimed to be a Government document when it clearly was not. This was after Dr Roger Luncheon, chief witness in President Jagdeo’s libel case against Freddie Kissoon and Kaieteur News, had rejected the document as not being a Government document The $10M libel case was brought about as a result of an article published in June in the Kaieteur News titled ‘King Kong sent his goons to disrupt the conference’. Justice Brassington Reynolds upheld Nandlall’s objection and ruled that no questions can be asked of the document. This occurred while Dr Luncheon was explaining that the Government through the Ministry of Culture prepared a programmatic document of activities in observance of International Year for People of African Descent.
Nandlall maintained that unless the defence can clearly establish that the President or the Cabinet is responsible for the appointment of a person who holds a particular office, then any question with regards to appointment is irrelevant to the case. The matter continues on September 23 at 10:00h in the High Court.
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