ATTORNEY GENERAL and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has noted that attempts to disparage the character of the mother of President Dr. Irfaan Ali must be condemned in the strongest possible manner.

Nandlall made the call during Tuesday’s airing of his weekly show, Issues in the News, as he addressed several disclosures and allegations that came to light on the social media platform, Facebook.

He noted that what he found most disturbing were the allegations made that sought to implicate the mother of President Ali with a controversial opposition commentator posting a photograph on the platform with denigrating and disrespectful comments, thereby encouraging persons to make similar comments about the President’s mother.
“I want to condemn that type of behaviour in the strongest possible terms,” Nandlall said.

The Attorney General went on to note that the President’s mother, a highly religious person has dedicated almost her entire life to teaching and has taught thousands of Guyanese across the country, and is now in retirement.

“To drag this elderly citizen’s name and image across the social media, and attempting to disgrace, denigrate, and disparage her character in that manner, is nothing short of low, nasty, and degenerate conduct that must be condemned in the strongest possible manner,” he added.

Against this backdrop, he stated that firm and appropriate actions will be taken against the publisher of the images and the disparaging and humiliating remarks, along with Meta’s Facebook.

Further to this, he added, “There must be sacred grounds that we should not travel, and people’s families, including their parents, especially if they are elderly people, who are not part of public life and part of politics, should be protected and insulated from the nastiness that we want to engage in.”

The Attorney General’s remarks came in response to an interview which made its rounds on social media on Tuesday, where damning allegations were made about several persons.