Lack of resolution of judge’s demand for apology from AG ‘unhealthy’

It is “unhealthy” for Justice Franklyn Holder’s call for an apology from Attorney General Basil Williams to remain pending, according to Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, who says the issue should now be resolved by them and not the judiciary.

“The judge’s demand for an apology from Mr. Williams still remains on the table and it should be resolved. It is unhealthy for it to remain pending,” Ramkarran told Sunday Stabroek recently.

A verbal exchange between Justice Holder and Williams during a hearing on March 23 resulted in the judge leaving the bench without adjourning the proceedings. He later wrote a report to the acting Chancellor in which he described Williams’ behaviour as “highly contemptuous” and he said he was unprepared to hear him in any case unless he offered an apology in open court to him and members of the Bar, who he said were