PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—Attorney General Camille Robinson-Regis wants the leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to pay TT$4 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) as compensation for defamation arising out of statements made by the opposition leader during a meeting last month.
The request was made in a pre-action protocol letter dated March 28, sent to Persad-Bissessar by attorney Anthony Manwah, which initiated defamation proceedings for alleged slander committed by the Opposition Leader against Robinson-Regis.
Persad-Bissessar’s statements related to Robinson-Regis’ lack of a practicing certificate from the Law Association, the controversy involving a bank deposit of TT$143,000 years ago, and the use of a credit card.
The pre-action protocol letter said that, at the time of writing, the YouTube video that published Persad-Bissessar’s words had been viewed approximately 31,000 times and was shared and redistributed widely to the public at large.
The letter noted that Persad-Bissessar questioned the legitimacy of Robinson-Regis’s appointment as Attorney General.
Manwah said Persad-Bissessar’s words, in their natural and ordinary meaning, were “undeniably defamatory” to Robinson-Regis, were “falsely and maliciously published and were calculated to damage and defame” her in her capacity and as Attorney General, and as a candidate in the upcoming general election.
Robinson-Regis took the oath of office as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs on March 17, becoming the fourth woman to hold that position.
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