“Mr. Ram was working on a committee that had no pecuniary benefits to the attorney general,” Harmon told reporters on Friday. “ In fact, Minister Harmon said that Ram has not resigned from anything, as there was nothing for him to resign from in the first place…he should in fact consider all the contracts which his company has with any government agency or the government itself and withdraw from them.
That is when you would know if in fact he is making a very serious decision,” Minister Harmon said.
Ram on Wednesday, said he was acting in support of retired Major-General Joe Singh who on Monday sent a letter to government asking to be relieved of his State functions.
In a statement, he said he has apprised Attorney-General Basil Williams of his decision to withdraw from membership of the planning committee and de facto leader of the Guyana negotiating team for the establishment of the JOF Haynes Law School.
He said his decision to call it a day was not made lightly, but was one that was grounded on principle in support of the “heroic and exemplary” stance taken by Major-General Singh.
Ram had recently condemned President David Granger’s decision to appoint retired High Court Judge Justice James Patterson as chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on the basis that, among other things, he was in the employ of the government as an adviser to the attorney-general.
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