-AG on Mohameds extradition case
-by Kimberly Giddings
Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that recent comments from United States Ambassador Nicole Theriot, reaffirming that the indictments against Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed are based on evidence the US has against the duo, demolish any misinformation and claims of political persecution.
During his weekly programme Issues in the News, the AG referenced recent statements by U.S. Ambassador Nicole Theriot.
Theriot had stressed that the US government has solid evidence against the Mohameds and that they were confident of winning their case, once the duo is in their jurisdiction.
Nandlall noted that Theriot’s remarks were necessary, completely obliterating what he described as a wave of misinformation being spread by the Mohameds, both on social media and in documents filed before the courts.
“Generally speaking, every prosecutorial agency believes that the person that they are charging or indicting is guilty of the offense. A prosecutorial agency would be wrong, would be acting in bad faith, would be acting vindictively, would be acting capriciously, would be acting arbitrarily,” he said.
Nandlall meanwhile assured that on Guyana’s part, the natural course of justice is being followed as both the Mohamed’s are afforded due process in the courts.
“Every time the DPP of Guyana charges or indicts, the DPP has formed a view that the person indicted or the person charged has committed the offense, but that’s not the end of the matter. The DPP must now go and prove that to the satisfaction of a court,” he added.
An interim stay of the extradition committal proceedings involving the father and son duo is currently in effect from the Caribbean Court of Justice.
The regional court has set April 21 to hear an application from the Mohameds challenging the Court of Appeals dismissal of their allegations of political bias in the extradition process.