The arrival of the nominee for the post of Chancellor in the country is not a requirement to activate the long awaited consultation process, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday while noting that he is patiently awaiting word from President David Granger on a meeting.
“I don’t know his rationale for saying that because …the person’s presence in the country is not a requirement to trigger the consultative process so frankly speaking I don’t know what he is thinking”, Jagdeo told Sunday Stabroek.
Jagdeo was asked to comment on the president’s statement on Friday at a press conference that he is awaiting the nominee’s arrival before scheduling a meeting. The nominee who is a Caribbean jurist of Guyanese descent has already accepted the nomination. Government is now looking at the termination of that person’s employment where he currently resides. This would also appear to be premature as the President would first have to obtain the agreement of the Opposition Leader on the selection. The nominee’s identity has not been made public.
On Friday during his second press conference since he took office in May, 2015, Granger had said “I am
