Updated: Freddie Kissoon wrongfully dismissed – Ombudsman tells UG based on legal advice

Ombudsman Justice Winston Moore has advised the University of Guyana (UG) that based on legal advice, former lecturer Freddie Kissoon was wrongly dismissed in January 2012 and as such should be compensated.

“This office has been advised that Mr. Kissoon was wrongfully dismissed, his dismissal being in breach of statute 25 of the University of Guyana Statutes which provides for notice and a hearing, as pre-conditions for dismissal”, Justice Moore said in a letter to UG Registrar Vincent Alexander.

The letter which is dated December 22, 2014 states