I got a lot of threats” – outgoing Canadian High Commissioner Chatterjee
By Jarryl Bryan
Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee will soon take up her next diplomatic mission in Barbados. But she is unlikely to forget the five-month election controversy in Guyana and the threats that came her way.
Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner Lilian Chatterjee receiving her award from President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday
In an exclusive interview with this publication on Saturday, Chatterjee admitted that those five months saw a number of threats being made against her. She revealed that at the insistence of the Canadian Government, her security was even beefed up to a 24/7 security detail.
Former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn; Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Guyana, Fernando Ponz-Canto; US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch; and Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee, walking out of the Office of the Region Four Returning Officer amid major irregularities in the vote tabulation process (Don Singh Photo)