After losing his bid to appeal the US$2.2 million awarded to Trinidad road construction company Dipcon, which the government of Guyana now has to pay, Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC continues to maintain that there was no evidence of the file containing the judgement in his Chambers after he took office in May, 2015 and that the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) will investigate what happened.
This was one of the grounds on which the AG was attempting to appeal the award and which the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) said was not an excuse for failing to ask the Guyana Court of appeal for an extension to appeal, and thereafter asking for special leave to appeal to the regional court.
Williams on Thursday said he was confused as to why the CCJ would not recognise that the matter, which involved the interest of the public, “concerning funds from the IDB [Inter-American Development Bank],” presented “triable issues.”
