Mitchell: Moonilal misleading public

Moonilal questioned why the Defence Force asked for an extension of time to provide a copy of a report, to former chief of defence staff Kenrick Maharaj, on an investigation into who authorised Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi’s children to handle military weapons at Camp Cumuto last year.

Noting that Moonilal alleged that two officials linked to the probe received HDC units, Mitchell said, “Dr Moonilal is alluding to two purchasers of apartment units in the Victoria Keyes Development, Diego Martin, which was formally opened in February 2017.” Mitchell said he indicated then that 206 units in that development was available for sale on the open market. “To clarify further, these 206 units are advertised and available for sale to anyone who is financially able to meet the purchase prices subject to the usual financial due diligence,” Mitchell said yesterday.

He said the officials referred to by Moonilal satisfied the requirements and entered into sales agreements for the purchase of the units through a transparent sales process.

He said it is unfortunate that Moonilal continues to place inaccurate information in the public domain and urged the UNC MP “to re-acquaint himself with the facts.”