CCJ ruling in favour of Suriname beverage company still to be honoured

Anil Nandlall

Government has failed to honour a ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (ICJ) to pay Suriname company Rudisa Beverages some US$6,047,244.47 ($1.2 billion) over the collection of an environmental tax that contravenes the Revised Treaty of Chagua-ramas (RTC) and according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall this is because of the current non-sitting of the National Assembly.

It should be noted, however, that the CCJ’s judgment was made last May, which would have given the government enough