Dear Editor,
The recent clarification from the United States Embassy should shake this nation to its core. For days, Attorney General Anil Nandlall went before the public and boldly declared that the United States Government played a role in selecting the very expensive Jamaican attorneys now being paid over US$62,500 per month to handle the Mohameds’ extradition matter.
But the U.S. Embassy has now stated, plainly and without hesitation, that this is false.
The U.S. Department of Justice did not choose those attorneys.
The U.S. prosecution team did not approve them.
The U.S. Embassy did not instruct or influence their hiring.
So why, then, did the Attorney General tell Guyanese the opposite?
Why did he mislead the nation with confidence and repetition?
And why did several government ministers and PPP-aligned operatives repeat the same misinformation as if it were gospel truth?
This is not a “miscommunication.”
This is not “political confusion.”
This is blatant misinformation from the chief legal officer of Guyana,
the one man who should treat the truth as sacred.
How can Guyanese trust the Attorney General after this?
When the person responsible for safeguarding the legal integrity of the nation spreads falsehoods, knowingly or otherwise, it damages more than his image,
it erodes public confidence in the entire system.
What else has the Attorney General told us that is not true?
How many more stories have been shaped to suit a narrative?
How much longer must Guyanese people tolerate this pattern of half-answers and cleverly packaged misinformation?
This is not about politics,
it is about decency, transparency, and respect for the people of this country.
The Guyanese people deserve straight talk, not political theatre. We deserve facts, not spin. And we deserve leadership that doesn’t hide behind the name of a foreign government to justify questionable decisions.
The Attorney General owes this nation an explanation, and an apology.
Until he accounts for this serious breach of public trust, the question will remain loud and unavoidable:
Why should Guyanese take anything he says at face value ever again?
Sincerely,
Lorenzo Joseph
United Workers Party (UWP)
Activist, Region 10
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