Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has conveyed the government’s no-nonsense policy in dealing with road users who wantonly damage public property, promising errant drivers will face the full fury of the law.
During his “Issues in the News” Programme on Tuesday evening, Nandlall referenced a recent incident that involved a minibus colliding with the median on the eastern approach to the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge, damaging several poles and other public infrastructure.
The driver, who remains hospitalised, will still face the consequences, Nandlall said.
“The damage done to the public infrastructure is currently being assessed and inclusive in that assessment, obviously, would be the cost of reparation. Once that information is compiled, it will be transmitted to the Attorney General’s office, and a letter will be dispatched, directed to the person believed to have caused the damage, requesting compensation.
And if that letter is not satisfactorily responded to, then other legal proceedings will follow. That is the approach which was adopted on previous occasions and it yielded the compensation that was requested and the public property was restored. The government coffers received that compensation,” Nandlall said.
He added the approach is in keeping with the government’s commitment to go after persons who “wantonly, negligently and recklessly destroy public property”.
