Former House Speaker bemoans sloth in judicial appointments

There is no correlation between the appointments of either the Chief Justice or Chancellor and the establishment of a Judicial Service Commission, former Speaker of the House Ralph Ramkarran said yesterday, as he bemoaned the continued sloth by President Irfaan Ali in making the substantive appointments.

“If President Ali’s understanding of the constitutional provisions relating to the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice, is that they have to be recommended by the JSC, or that there is a linkage between the existence of the JSC and the appointments, the view is misconceived,” Ramkarran wrote yesterday in his blog ‘The Conversation Tree’ which was published in the Sunday Stabroek.

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