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Reply to "New GECOM Chairman"

Demerara_Guy posted:

Once again ...

Only when the Opposition Leader DOES NOT submit a list of candidates, then the president has the absolute right to appoint a person.

I know after you reach eighty years old, understanding gets a bit difficult so I'll break it down for you. English is not so tough after all.

This is the relevant clause from the Constitution. Read it as a whole and stop picking out one line at a time.

"The Chairman shall be a person who holds, has held or is qualified to hold the office of Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal or any other fit and proper person who is appointed from a list of six persons, who are not unacceptable to the President, submitted by the Leader of the Opposition after he has meaningfully consulted with the non-governmental political parties represented in the National Assembly. If the Leader of the Opposition does not submit such a list of persons then the President shall appoint a person who holds, has held or is qualified to hold the office of Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal."

The Chairman is appointed from a list of six persons 

who are not unacceptable to the president and

who are submitted by the Leader of the Opposition and

after the relevant consultations.

If the list does not meet all the requirements, then the President has the option to choose his judge unilaterally. Granger found the lists unacceptable so he exercised his right, guaranteed by the Constitution, to unilaterally appoint the judge as the chairman.

 

 

 

 

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