Yarde sworn-in as acting Chairman of Public Service Commission

Patrick Yarde reciting the Oath of Office in the presence of President David Granger  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Trade Unionist Patrick Yarde was yesterday sworn in by President David Granger as the acting Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday noted that this automatically makes him an ex-officio member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the Police Service Commission and the Guyana Defence Force Commission’s Board.

The swearing-in ceremony, which the statement said accorded with Article 200 (5) of the Constitution, was held at State