(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar claimed last night that deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Joan Honore-Paul showed bias in the release she issued last week and her lawyers intend to file a complaint against her with the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JSLC).
In a brief interview with the Express at the St Augustine Freeman Road Community Centre, Persad-Bissessar said her lawyers have indicated to her that Honore-Paul should step aside as it pertains to the Emailgate investigations.
“My lawyers have told me that the deputy DPP in her media release trespassed against the constitutional remit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and the Integrity Commission,” said Persad-Bissessar.
“Secondly my lawyers have told me that she has demonstrated bias and thirdly they have advised that we would call upon her to recuse herself from these investigations. My lawyers have also told me that they intend to write to the Judicial and Legal Service Commission to make a complaint,” added the Prime Minister.
Last week Persad-Bissessar had said that she felt happy and vindicated as Honore-Paul’s release had authenticated a letter from the United States Justice Department which stated that anan@gmail.com does not exist and therefore the emails were fake.
Reminded of this, Persad-Bissessar said: “She (Honore-Paul) authenticated the letter that’s one part but then all these other comments that she made.”
DPP Roger Gaspard has already recused himself from the Emailgate probe as he was named in the alleged emails.
As for the legal action taken by People’s National Movement (PNM) Senator Faris Al-Rawi with respect to her Facebook posts, the Prime Minister said it is in the hands of her lawyers.
The Prime Minister conducted a number of “whistle-stops” throughout the country yesterday as activists in 39 constituencies held meetings to mobilise for the People’s Partnership grand fifth anniversary celebrations at Constantine Park, Macoya this Sunday.
