Ramjattan calls for Walrond to be penalised over unlawful appointment

Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond should be fined for sitting in the National Assembly while knowing she was a dual citizen.

Following declarations on Thursday by acting Chief Justice Roxane George that Walrond was not lawfully appointed as a Member of Parliament (MP) and a government minister, Ramjattan said his party expects the government and Parliament to address the issue and provide proof that she was sworn in for a second time.

It was admitted by Attorney General Anil Nandlall during a High Court hearing on Thursday that Walrond was sworn in again as a government minister on December 1st, which was previously not publicly announced.