The existing statutory conditions for heads of statutory and constitutional commissions have posed some difficulty in a suitable candidate being found to become chairman of the Integrity Commission, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said.
Responding to a question yesterday about the selection of a chairman for the commission, Luncheon indicated that the matter had recently engaged the attention of President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin. According to Luncheon, “there does seem to be some fixation among putative nominees or the ones that we have identified, that the conditions… might not be significant enough… to cause them to be seriously interested.” He said Corbin had made this point in reference to the Integrity Commission appointment and with reference to the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission.
Recently, notices in the press indicated March 25 as the deadline for all public officers who are legally required to submit all
