Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday testified that he was unaware of the criteria used to identify and select nominees for ambassadorial postings, and he admitted that some had no prior diplomatic experience.

He was at the time under cross-examination in the ongoing hearing in the $10 million libel case brought by President Bharrat Jagdeo against Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon, Kaie-teur News Editor Adam Harris and the National Media and Publishing Company Ltd, the newspaper’s publisher.

When Luncheon was asked by defence counsel Nigel Hughes whether Ambassadors and High Commissioners were selected randomly, Jagdeo attorney Anil Nandlall objected. But Justice Brassington Reynolds overruled him, saying that it was a follow-up question that…..