62&8 arrests IorPer )inance 0inister 6aisnarine .oZlessar

The Special 2rgani]ed &rime Unit (S2&U) arrested and Tuestioned former Minister of )inance Saisnarine .owlessar who served under of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) *overnment.

The former Minister was accompanied by one of his lawyers, Mark &onway. After being Tuestioned, .owlessar was released on

, reTuested Monday. .owlessar served as Minister of )inance from

± . station bail and to return next

Last evening, one of .owlessar’s lawyers, Anil 1andlall, said that some of the transactions about which his client was Tuestioned took place over years ago. 1andlall thinks that the former government official should not have been arrested based on a principle of law which prevents investigations of certain transactions that took place many years ago.

1andlall said “It is clear beyond any doubt that these investigations are driven by a political and vindictive motive. Ultimately, they are designed to get to the period when 2pposition Leader, Mr. %harrat -agdeo, was the Minister of )inance. &onstitutional immunities prevent them from charging him for acts done while he was President. Recognising this, they intend to go back two decades to persecute him for transactions done while he was Minister of )inance.”

(Kaieteur News)