Lawyers call for AG’s removal

Members of the legal fraternity yesterday called for the removal of Attorney General Anil Nandlall, while saying that the Donald Ramotar administration’s failure to do so would signal that it is above the law.

The joint call by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) and the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) came in wake of the circulation of a damning recording of a conversation between Nandlall and Kaieteur News reporter Leonard Gildarie, in which the Attorney-General is heard saying that the use of deadly violence against the newspaper was acceptable. He is also heard intimating that President Ramotar participated in conversations with Bhena Lall in an ongoing criminal matter in return for less critical reporting by her co-defendant husband, Kaieteur News proprietor Glenn Lall.

“As leader of the Bar, the Attorney General mindful of the honour, dignity and integrity of his office should resign immediately. If he does not resign he should be