FORMER Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran plans to appeal a court order requiring him to pay former finance minister Colm Imbert $100,000 in damages for defamation.

On May 13, Justice Kevin Ramcharan awarded damages following Imbert’s defamation lawsuit over a 2019 blog post published on Rambarran’s website.

The post alleged Imbert used his ministerial role to block Rambarran’s employment with the G24, an international economic institution. Imbert disclosed the ruling in a post on his X social media account, while Rambarran’s attorneys, led by Senior Counsel Anand Ramlogan, announced their intention to challenge parts of the judgment.