Granger defends hiring former army officers for civilian posts

President David Granger “sees nothing wrong” with the appointment of retired or serving military officers to civilian posts and maintains that the appointments are being made based on competence.

“I don’t see that anything could be wrong in asking a Colonel here or a Brigadier there to head a Commission of Inquiry. The question is—Are they competent?” he said, while responding to questions on the taping of this week’s edition of the Public Interest interview programme, which will be broadcast this evening.

President Granger has in recent months appointed