Former AG says Williams, judge both to blame for fallout after court outburst

Bernard De Santos

Both Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC and Justice Franklyn Holder ought to take the blame for the chain of events which followed their altercation in court in March, according to Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos, who says that acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards erred when she got the President involved instead of dealing with the matter internally.

De Santos, who has been in the legal profession for over 50 years and previously served as AG, believes that the damage done will be now be difficult to reverse but that the acting Chancellor ought to address the report made by Justice Holder and “set in motion” appropriate action.

At a hearing on March 23, in the matter of Carvil Duncan’s challenge to his suspension as Public Service Commission Chairman, the judge