{"id":27032,"date":"2025-03-24T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27032"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:59:04","slug":"attorney-general-criticizes-opposition-leader-for-encouraging-mocha-residents-to-defy-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-criticizes-opposition-leader-for-encouraging-mocha-residents-to-defy-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Criticizes Opposition Leader for Encouraging Mocha Residents to Defy Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><br><em>February 19, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GEORGETOWN, GUYANA \u2013 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has strongly criticized Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton for urging Mocha residents to resist a recent court ruling regarding their occupation of state lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Justice recently ruled that seven squatters in the Mocha Arcadia\/Caneview area must pay the state two million dollars in legal costs after failing to prove their claim to the lands they occupied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, President Irfaan Ali has committed to engaging the affected residents and offering government assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, Norton has encouraged the residents to continue pressing for ownership of the disputed lands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall has condemned this stance, describing it as an example of poor leadership that undermines the rule of law and promotes civil disobedience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Celestine-Nandlall-Mocha-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He further questioned whether supporters of the opposition should continue following such guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General also pointed out that while Norton enjoys financial security and state-provided benefits, the squatters he advised are now facing homelessness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Celestine-Nandlall-Mocha-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged residents and opposition supporters to make independent decisions that serve their best interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine ChaconFebruary 19, 2025 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA \u2013 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has strongly criticized Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton for urging Mocha residents to resist&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27035,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27032\/revisions\/27035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}