The latest body blow to the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC), coming directly on the heels of the expiration of the term of chairman Prof Ramesh Deosaran on April 11, is the legal challenge by former head of the Public Service, Reginald Dumas to the appointment of two of its members.
As early as September 13, Mr Dumas expressed his dissatisfaction with the qualifications of attorney Romar Achat-Saney and former independent senator James Armstrong and strongly urged both the President and the PSC to revisit the requirements for commissioners.Now Mr Dumas has decided to mount a citizen's arrest of sorts, to force a review of the constitutional requirements for membership in the PSC.
The lawsuit is being filed by the firm of Karl Hudson-Phillips and Company, and follows the documented concerns of Mr Hudson-Phillips, before his death, that the appointments did not meet the letter and spirit of the Constitution's requirements for appointment as a member of the PSC.These legal proceedings make it increasingly unlikely that the oversight body for the Police Service will be functioning properly for some time.
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