Describing the Ministry of Legal Affairs as being “dormant” over the past five years, Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall yesterday told the National Assembly that a clear legislative agenda is now in place as he promised less wastage in spending and the delivery of judicial reforms under his stewardship.
During his contribution to the debate of the 2020 national budget at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Nandlall decried the record of his predecessor, Basil Williams, while citing almost $100 million in spending on what he dubbed a “phantom Commission” and even more on private attorneys.
According to Nandlall, apart from a few Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) bills, which he said were hastily enacted in late 2015 and early 2016, no major legislation was passed.
