Shal­iza Has­sanali

Mean­while, vice chair­man of CAL Mo­han Jaikaran yes­ter­day said he had no in­ten­tions of re­sign­ing be­cause he did not do any­thing wrong. Say­ing that he loved "Mr Warn­er," Jaikaran added, how­ev­er: "As far as I am con­cerned, I am not re­sign­ing." Jaikaran said the truth be­hind the stand­off will be re­vealed very soon by CAL chair­man George Nicholas. "This will not go on much longer. Very short­ly it will be set­tled."

Jaikaran was re­spond­ing to state­ments made by Warn­er, who urged the board on Fri­day to do the eth­i­cal thing and re­sign. As the rift be­tween Warn­er and CAL board widens, Jaikaran said he had no idea how the stand­off would end. "I re­al­ly don't know. I am go­ing ahead with my job. I don't know where Mr Warn­er get his in­for­ma­tion from." Ques­tioned if the CAL's board had brand­ed Warn­er a liar, Jaikaran shot back: "I am not call­ing any­body a liar. I don't know who is say­ing that."

Asked how he felt about Warn­er, who likened the ac­tion of the board to those of for­mer Ude­cott chair­man Calder Hart, Jaikaran said he did not make any de­ci­sion on any air­craft. "I don't know how he could say that." Jaikaran said he was not tak­ing blame for any­thing. Jaikaran said he had no mes­sage for Warn­er. "I love Mr Warn­er. But I think he has to get his facts straight." Jaikaran said he was not fight­ing any­body. "It is Warn­er who is fight­ing," he said.