AG maintains Red House lease invalid

Red House (Stabroek News file photo)

Attorney General Basil Williams SC yesterday reiterated that the lease between the Cheddi Jagan Research Committee Inc (CJRCI) and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission is not valid.

In written submissions to acting Chief Justice Roxane George, Williams argued that under Section 10 (1) of the Lands Department Act, “Government lands shall only be rented or sold with the sanction of the President and on the terms and conditions determined by him.”

The CJRCI is challenging President David Granger’s revocation of its lease to Red House.

Former president Donald Ramotar had previously said