Six months after an order was approved in the National Assembly to upgrade the salary of the acting Chief Justice to the scale of the Chancellor, opposition parliamentarians yesterday called for a more inclusive law.
AFC MP Sheila Holder triggered a debate on the issue in the House yesterday when she asked Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh to explain the basis for making the Chief Justice Pension Order. She also asked why the order placed the emoluments of the two senior judicial officers on the same level.
Singh explained yesterday that the order was made
