Pronouncements on leave for acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and matters relating to his office ought to be made by the Chancellor and not the Attorney-General, according to the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), which said yesterday that any deviation from this borders on the violation of the independence of the judiciary.
The GBA’s pronouncement came in wake of AG Basil Williams’s statements during a recent press conference on Chang’s impending retirement. He had said checks are being made to ascertain whether the acting Chief Justice had taken his annual vacation leave since he assumed office.
In a press release issued yesterday, the GBA pointed out that Williams dealt in detail with the issue. “We regret that in the course of his reply to the reporter the Attorney General gave the clear impression that vacation leave for the Chief Justice is a matter on
