– Bar Association For well over a decade the country’s two top judicial officers have not been confirmed in their posts and the situation has gone beyond the point of mere unacceptability, the Guyana Bar Association stated yesterday.Calling it a rare situation,Wholesale Jerseys, the body said the time has come for action to be taken to remedy the situation, especially given the crucial nature of the Chancellor and Chief Justice posts, which have been held by Justices Carl Singh and Ian Chang respectively.In a piece dubbed, “Time to act on those acting appointments,” the body of local legal minds stated that the David Granger Administration has now had more than four months to bring some order to this messy situation but it has done nothing they know of.The Guyana Bar Association is calling on the APNU+AFC-led administration to act immediately.Headed by Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram, the association made clear it takes no position on the persons acting in the two posts except to state their deep concern that the delay to have the posts filled has gone on for far too long.It is of the view that the delay does considerable harm to the judicial system and process.“It is accepted that acting appointments have implications for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary,” the body expressed. It pointed to the Latimer House Guidelines Principle II Preserving Judicial Independence which states that: “Judicial appointments should normally be permanent; whilst in some jurisdictions, contract appointments may be inevitable, such appointments should be subject to appropriate security of tenure.”Head of the Guyana Bar Association, Christopher RamChancellor of the Judiciary (Ag), Carl SinghChief Justice (Ag), Ian ChangThe exception of contract appointments does not apply to Guyana, the bar association said.It said that similar principles have been adopted by the International Bar Association of which the Guyana Bar Association recently gained membership; and most recently, on July 9, last, Commonwealth Office in London launched a Compendium on the Appointment, Tenure and Removal of Judges.“It may well be that both Messrs Singh and Chang are utterly impervious to the effect of uncertainty inherent in the positions in which they operate. It may well be too, that their conduct of cases and their decisions are made uninfluenced, even subliminally, by their circumstances,” it said.The lawyers pointed out that the rule of law requires public confidence in the judiciary. Such confidence,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, it opined,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, is particularly difficult to win when acting appointees are called upon to pronounce on matters of a political nature.“The rare, if not unique situation where a country’s two top judicial officers have been acting for more than ten years in each case, has gone beyond the point of mere unacceptability. Indeed, it has persisted for so long that neither the acting Chancellor nor the acting Chief Justice caries out their respective functions as if they were in some interim role,” the body stated.It pointed out that as Chief Justice performing the functions of the Chancellor, Singh has initiated some major changes in the legal system including the establishment and expansion of the Commercial Court, the Constitutional/Administrative Division of the High Court and more recently the Family Court.Such changes, the body informed, are usually not undertaken by persons who are in acting positions but “the work of the Courts must go on, whatever the politicians do, or do not do.”Further, it noted the constitution provides for the appointment of the Chancellor and Chief Justice by the President after obtaining the agreement of the Opposition Leader.For clarity it is worth noting that while there are two acting appointments, there is only one substantive vacancy. The association pointed out that Justice Singh is, in fact, the appointed Chief Justice and it is only if he resigns or is confirmed in the position of Chancellor that two vacancies will arise.Quoting to the constitution, it said if the office of the Chancellor is vacant,NFL Jerseys Cheap, as obtains, or if the person holding the Chief Justice post is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office (he is, since he is performing the functions of Chancellor),Supply NFL Jerseys, the functions are to be performed by such judges appointed by the President after “meaningful consultation” with the Opposition Leader.“One has to assume that meaningful consultation as defined in Article 232 took place over the acting appointments but it would be quite revealing to learn whether the objections of both Messrs Corbin and Granger, with whom (Bharrat) Jagdeo was req

– listed in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours ListEighty-nine-year-old Essex-based Guyanese writer,China Jerseys, Wilson Harris, has been knighted for his services to literature. The honour was bestowed on him to mark the birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.Wilson joins the ranks of other Guyanese who have received similar honours from Britain over the years.Theodore Wilson Harris was born March 24, 1921 in New Amsterdam. He studied at Queen’s College then became a government surveyor after his studies and then taking up a career as lecturer and writer. The knowledge of the savannas and rain forests he gained during his time as a surveyor has formed the setting for many of his books,NFL Jerseys From China, with the Guyanese landscape dominating his fiction.Sir Wilson HarrisHarris went to England in 1959 and published his first novel,Cheap Jerseys China, Palace of the Peacock in 1960. This was followed by The Far Journey of Oudin, The Whole Armour, The Secret Ladder, Carnival,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, The Infinite Rehearsal and The Four Banks of the River of Space. His most recent novels are Jonestown, The Dark Jester, The Mask of the Beggar, and his final novel,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, The Ghost of Memory is possibly.The two time Guyana Prize winner is the second Guyanese to be honoured by Her Majesty this year. In January, Guyanese Mohamad Rashied received a similar award for services to Community Relations in London.The 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List included world famed actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, racing ace Michael Coulthard, cricket statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis and top jockey Tony Mc Coy.The Honours list recognises outstanding achievement and service across the whole of the United Kingdom.Previous honourees from Guyana include Sir Harold Bollers (circa 1960), Sir John Carter (1966), Sir Donald Jackson (1953), Sir Edward Victor Luckhoo (1969) and Sir Joseph Alexander Luckhoo (1963). Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo received three awards from Britain: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1962), Knighted in 1966,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (1969). Sir Shridath Surendranauth Ramphal (circa 1960s), Sir David Rose (1954, 1966 – 2 awards)

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