At the press Conference convened on Tuesday afternoon by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris revealed that the former Dr. Denzil Douglas Government had spent an astronomical $80 million plus on legal fees over the last few years of his administration
According to a statement by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris the majority of the money was spent during the periods 2013 to 2015 in paying Lawyers in the government’s efforts to avoid debating the Motion of No Confidence and efforts to defend the travesty that took place in parliament to add an additional senator and in recent months the so called emergency sitting of parliament in an attempt to make changes to boundaries on the eve of elections.
Lawyers including Anthony Astaphan QC, Henry Stogumber Browne QC, then Ambassador Delano Bart QC , Sylvester Anthony and Lord Goldsmith were all handsomely compensated for legal work for the Douglas led administration on various matters all geared towards assisting the former Douglas administration to maintain office.
Senior council Astaphan on Wednesday however accused the pm of slander mongering. He said that he and his legal team had worked on a number of cases for the government and that lawyers are expected to be paid for their work
Astaphan challenged Prime Minister Harris to say that work was not done be his self of the other lawyers named at the press conference. He released that while he was Minister of Finance the Prime Minister had himself approved legal fees paid to him.