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The swear­ing-in of Jus­tice Min­is­ter-des­ig­nate Christlyn Moore, which was ex­pect­ed to take place yes­ter­day, has been post­poned to ear­ly next week. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar who fired Jus­tice Min­is­ter Her­bert Vol­ney on Thurs­day, said he would be re­placed by Moore. The Gov­ern­ment said Moore, an at­tor­ney, would be sworn in yes­ter­day.

Moore will re­place Gov­ern­ment sen­a­tor Ter­ance Baynes (al­so of To­ba­go) in the Sen­ate. She will take her oath of of­fice when the Sen­ate re­sumes in two weeks for the bud­get de­bate. In­di­ca­tions from the Gov­ern­ment yes­ter­day morn­ing were that the cer­e­mo­ny was to take place be­tween 10.30 am and 11 am at Knowsley. But of­fi­cers at Knowsley said noth­ing was sched­uled.

Of­fi­cials at Pres­i­dent's House said they had no in­for­ma­tion on the sit­u­a­tion and could not say when it would take place.? The Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter al­so said the swear­ing-in had been post­poned, but stat­ed Pres­i­dent's House had ju­ris­dic­tion on that func­tion. A gov­ern­ment source even­tu­al­ly said the swear­ing-in may take place next Tues­day or Wednes­day, af­ter Mon­day's Re­pub­lic Day hol­i­day.

A source close to Moore said all her doc­u­ments were in or­der and the of­fice at the Jus­tice Min­istry had been cleared of Vol­ney's things and was avail­able for her. Moore has le­gal prac­tices in both Trinidad and To­ba­go, of­fi­cials said. She was at her Trinidad of­fice yes­ter­day but was un­avail­able.