Guyanese attorney declines post of DPP citing internet attack on integrity

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Guyanese-born attorney Kurt De Freitas, who was due to take up the post of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) here next month, is no longer accepting the post, Attorney General Levi Peter announced Wednesday.
Peter told a news conference that he had received a letter from De Freitas citing unsubstantiated statements about him on the internet as a reason for declining the job.
In his letter, De Freitas said that his decision to withdraw was not one he took lightly.