Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has issued an apology after an advanced confidential copy of a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) judgement on an elections petition matter was posted to his Facebook page.
Nandlall faced backlash this morning, overshadowing the outcome of the case which was ruled in his favour. The CCJ found that the Court of Appeal (CoA) in Guyana does not have the jurisdiction to entertain the appeal filed to challenge the dismissal of APNU+AFC’s Election Petition 99 of 2020.
An advanced copy of that ruling was sent to all parties with the understanding that it be embargoed.
But according to Nandlall, while he was overseas on official government business, an administrator of his Facebook page, unauthorisedly, made a post which disclosed some contents of judgement. Nandlall said that as soon as he became aware of the post, he ordered it removed.
“I hereby offer to the CCJ my sincerest apologies for this grave error. Absolutely no disrespect or ill-motive inspired was intended, or was connected with this post,” he said moments ago.
