Forensic audit of AG’s Chambers necessary, says Nandlall

There will be a forensic audit of the expenses of the Attorney General’s Chambers under the former APNU+AFC Government.

This was disclosed  on Tuesday by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC who told Stabroek News that the bulk of payments made in 2019 by the Chambers pertained to attorneys who were hired to prosecute “political cases”. A number of these cases pertain to the legal challenges mounted by APNU+AFC over the motion of no-confidence.

According to the 2019 Auditor General’s report which was recently laid in Parliament, $99.6m was spent on outside attorneys even though the Chambers had its own counsel.