The Guyana Bar Association, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers and the Justice Institute of Guyana are calling upon President Donald Ramotar to fire Dr Bheri Ramsaran as a minister and a member of the PPP/C.
“Dr Ramsaran’s threats to “strip” and “slap” a young woman would be disgusting conduct by any man. They are particularly reprehensible coming from a Member of Parliament and a Minister of Government,” the groups said in a joint statement. “A decent Minister would have resigned by now. A decent President would have sacked him immediately.”
The groups noted that “Dr Ramsaran’s behaviour was abusive, insulting, threatening and obscene. It is unacceptable for Dr Ramsaran to seek to excuse his behaviour by saying that he was “provoked.” Further, the statement said, “Section 141 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act prohibits threatening, abusive, insulting or
