THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) came to an end over a year ago but it is receiving the government’s attention, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon during post-Cabinet press briefing on Friday.
“As soon as that is ready for public disclosure I will do so,” Harmon said.

Minister Harmon gave the assurance that efforts are in train to have it reconstituted.

The composition of the JSC is set out in Article 198 of the constitution. It states that the members of the commission shall be the chancellor, who is the chairman, chief justice, chairman of the PSC and such other members appointed in accordance with provisions listed in Section 2 of that article.

The members, it states, shall be appointed by the President as follows, that is to say “(a) one from among persons who hold or have held office as a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters in some part of the Commonwealth; or a court having jurisdiction in appeals from any such court, acting after meaningful consultations with the leader of the opposition and (b) not less than one and not more than two from among persons who are not attorneys-at-law in active practice, after the National Assembly has meaningfully consulted such bodies as appear to it to represent attorneys-at-law in Guyana and signified its choice of members to the President, after the President has also consulted such bodies as appear to him to represent attorneys-at-law in Guyana…”