Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday served notice that he is appealing the decision of Justice Navindra Singh in the matter of the private criminal charge that had been brought by attorney Christopher Ram against former President Bharrat Jagdeo over statements he had made during the 2015 general election campaign.
Justice Singh had last month ruled that the private criminal charge against Jagdeo, filed in April last year by Ram, did not disclose an offence and therefore the magistrate who heard the matter had no jurisdiction.
The judge then made absolute the writ of prohibition that had been issued by
