With a finding by the Court of Appeal that he did not file his challenge to a $2.5 million defamation judgment within the time required, Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vincent Alexander, will now have to pay that sum to former Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Commission, Vishnu Persaud, whom he defamed.
Persaud, who is now the Commission’s Chief Election Officer (CEO) had back in 2018 filed an action against defendants—Alexander, the Guyana Chronicle and its then Editor-in-Chief Nigel Williams for what he said was the publication of defamatory statements which caused injury to his reputation.
