Pillars of law and order have to be restored, AG says

Basil Williams

Newly-appointed Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams on Thursday said the pillars of the rule of law have to be restored and he signalled the likelihood of more judges being appointed with emoluments that would make it worth their while.

In a wide-ranging interview with Stabroek News on Thursday, Williams, when asked about what the APNU+AFC administration will do to entrench the primacy of the rule of law said that it first had to be restored.

He said that after 23 years of PPP/C rule “it is clear that we have to re-erect the pillars of justice that has been