President says AG asked for explanation on matter involving Justice Holder

President David Granger says that he before he pronounces on the matter surrounding Justice Franklin Holder’s complaint about attorney General Basil Williams’s “despicable” conduct in his courtroom he wants to hear Williams’s account of the events.

“There is the principle of hearing the other side so we must not jump to conclusions. I want to hear both sides. We have heard one side in the media. I have asked the Attorney General for his side,” Granger told the press yesterday when asked about his position on the issue.

The Attorney General was accused by his predecessor, attorney Anil Nandlall, of threatening Justice Holder last Thursday, during a hearing involving suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission Carvil Duncan.