Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan, is planning to take action against former minister Jack Warner for statements made during the recent local government election.
According to a pre-action protocol letter, dated November 12 and filed in the Civil Court Office on Friday, Ramlogan is taking issue with the statement made by Warner concerning properties reportedly owned by the Attorney General.
The pre-action protocol letter, filed by attorney-at-law Kelvin Ramkissoon, said Warner’s words, in their “natural and ordinary meaning”, were understood to mean that, among other things the Attorney General owned properties which represent or were purchased with ill-gotten gains derived from the monetary proceeds of corruption and that Ramlogan used his brother’s name to disguise the true identity of the ownership of the alleged properties and avoid disclosure requirements of the Integrity in Public Life Act.
The pre-action protocol letter said Warner’s statement had caused citizens to think unfavourably of the Attorney General.
“This may have the real potential of such citizens failing to vote for, or to vote against, the political party of which he is a member,” the letter stated adding that Warner’s words had “injured and distressed”, causing Ramlogan to “suffer great pain and anguish”.
The letter noted Warner failed to produce any evidence to substantiate his claims, which were designed to gain a political advantage for himself and his party.
Warner has been given seven days to respond and failure to do so will result in legal proceedings being commenced against him.
This is yet another legal challenge against Warner who has already been sued by Glenn Ramadharsingh, Member of Parliament for Caroni Central, Local Government Minister, Dr. Suruj Rambachan, as well as expelled Independent Liberal Party (ILP) councilor Faaiq Mohammed.
Source-CMC
