The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Director General Len Ishmael is considering taking legal action against persons said to have published a document seeking to defame her.
A statement from the OECS Secretariat says she has authorised a team of legal practitioners to take necessary action.
Dr Ishmael's leadership and management style have been questioned in an open letter which has been discussed in the media.
The OECS Chairman, Antiguan prime minister Baldwin Spencer has spoken out on the issue.
Spencer speaks out
Mr Spencer in a statement denounced what he said was the mischief directed against the Director General and some members of the Senior Management of the OECS Secretariat.
"These malicious attacks on the integrity, dignity and competence of the Director General and indeed, on all staff of the OECS Secretariat and by extension, levelled at the very organisation itself, must be condemned in the strongest possible terms" the OECS chairman said in his statement on the matter.
Current OECS chairman, Antiguan prime minister Baldwin Spencer
Prime Minister Spencer says the OECS heads of government have the utmost confidence in the Director General and her leadership.
He also supported Dr Ishmael's plan to address the matter at the level of the courts.
"I have directed the Director-General to consult with her legal advisors and representatives, and to take whatever recourse the law allows in the circumstances, to deal with the mischief against herself and the Organisation".
Mr Spencer had earlier denied media reports that he was conducting an investigation into the OECS Secretariat.
Secretariat responds
The Secretariat had responded officially to insinuations that a whole list of employees had left the organisation because of the way it's run by Dr Ishmael.
It said that while 56 people had left the organisation across the system, 34 percent moved on because they had concluded their contracts and projects had come to an end.
The Secretariat says another 15 percent resigned to continue their studies, while 14 percent left to take up positions in other regional and international organisations.
Nine percent were said to have been recalled to national service, and another five percent wished to pursue private businesses.
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