In the case of Guyana, which yesterday celebrated its 43rd anniversary as a constitutional republic, the need to bring an end to this sorry state of affairs is all the more urgent since the public officials involved include the Chancellor of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice.
It’s now eight (8) years since Chancellor Carl Singh and Chief Justice Ian Chang have been patiently acting and without any loitering in the fulfillment of their very demanding duties.
Confirmation of their respective appointment requires, as is publicly known, prior consultation between the Head of State and the parliamentary Opposition Leader.
The former President, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, and previous Opposition Leader, Mr Robert Corbin, have had various meetings at which the confirmation process involving both the Chancellor and Chief Justice were known to have been discussed.
Now is not time to apportion blame why the necessary agreements were not reached. What is required is a speedy resolution for these two outstanding sons of Guyana to be respectively confirmed as Chancellor and Chief Justice by ending the political shenanigans from which the parliamentary opposition cannot honestly claim detachment.
President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger should consider treating this as a matter of national priority and move speedily to a resolution. It’s simply unfair to have the Chancellor and Chief Justice acting for eight years.
At the same time, there needs to also be some new initiative for the appointment of a Police Commissioner. It is now almost eight months since Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee made public the acting appointments of Mr Leory Brumell and Mr Seelall Persaud.
Both officers held the rank of Assistant Police Commissioner at the time, with Mr Persaud serving as Crime Chief and Mr Brumell acting as Commissioner of the Force.
As we recall, there has since been a structured consultation between the President and Opposition Leader. While there is quite a sharp difference in relation to the outstanding eight years in acting positions by the Chancellor and the Chief Justice and the acting GPF appointments of Mr Brumell and Mr Persaud, it is to be hoped that there could be positive movements, sooner than later, in this direction.
These acting appointments
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