PM’s Attorney Addresses Affidavit Error

Last night, we aired an in-depth interview with Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay about the Jeremy Enriquez and Anand Ramlogan case. During the interview, Courtenay was also asked about an affidavit from his client, Prime Minister John Briceño. The question arose because, in the court document, Prime Minister Briceño claimed he didn’t know of any other head of government who had announced a general election date inside the National Assembly. However, records show that former Prime Minister Said Musa did just that in 2003. Here’s what Courtenay had to say.

 

Eamon Courtenay, Attorney-At-Law

“That was obviously a mistake, I can tell you that I didn’t remember Prime Minister Musa announcing it, but it’s immaterial. It’s a mistake and we all make mistakes.”

 

Reporter
“But a mistake in a sworn affidavit is a matter of consequence, when especially when it’s from the highest office in the land.”

 

Eamon Courtenay
“Agreed. Agreed. And I think, I mean, you interviewed him. I mean, I don’t think he denied. I mean, I didn’t see. I don’t know but you interviewed him. We will not insist to the contrary. But I obviously say it was a mistake that was made, and, we would have easily have said that the it was done once, as far as I know, if it’s the only occasion.”