After contentious apology, Ramsaran calls activist ‘miscreant’

Just a day after apologising for abusing rights activist Sherlina Nageer, Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran disparaged her at a meeting with Regional Health Officers (RHOs), telling them that she was a “miscreant” and in need of “psychiatric help”.

Ramsaran’s apology has been met with public outrage for blaming Nageer for provoking him and a new recording from his meeting with RHOs on Wednesday finds him lamenting that she could “spit in my face but not collect two slap.”

Since the first recording of the minister’s encounter with Nageer in front of the Whim Police Station, there have been calls for his resignation while President Donald Ramotar and the PPP continue to remain silent.

Members of a number of groups moved a