Shadow AG calls for resignation of Jagdeo, probe of allegations

Roysdale Forde

Shadow Attorney General, Roysdale Forde SC yesterday called for the resignation of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and an independent probe of allegations in a VICE News programme in which businessman Su Zhirong said that Jagdeo took bribes.

Jagdeo has strongly denied these allegations and yesterday said that he will be taking legal action against Su.

In a statement yesterday after the broadcast on the US Channel Showtime, Forde said that the  revelations were “explosive” and “damning”.