AG still mum on amount paid to Francis Alexis

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC has declined again to publicly state how much Grenadian Queen’s Counsel Dr Francis Alexis was paid for his services in the no-confidence case when it was before the Guyana Court of Appeal.

“The attorney is very respected, a genuine scholar and author of leading texts on Administrative Law and our changing Caribbean Constitutions. So he was remunerated appropriately,” Williams told reporters on Monday. At the time, he was answering questions from the news media shortly after a meeting with a group of European Union (EU) Ambassadors.

When asked to specifically state how much money was paid, he said “no I don’t wish to…”