Former AFC parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud who back in 2018 helped to topple the APNU+AFC government after he voted in favour of the then Opposition PPP/C’s no-confidence motion, has won $7M in damages against then Minister of National Security Khemraj Ramjatta who he had said defamed him.
Finding that Ramjattan did in fact defame Persaud in one of three media publications, High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow in addition to the award of damages, has ordered Ramjattan to “refrain from making statements that suggest that Persaud was in any way compensated financially for his vote in the No-Confidence Motion.”
Persaud had sued Ramjattan for in excess of $30 million for what he contended were libelous statements made against him in the aftermath of the December 21st, 2018 No-Confidence Motion (NCM) vote in the National Assembly.
