As the month requested to conduct due diligence checks on Justice Kenneth Benjamin comes to an end, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said he is very close to reaching a position on President David Granger’s nominee for Chancellor.
“I am moving closer to a decision from the weight of the evidence that I see before me. I have consulted widely. I have spoken to a number of people and so I am listening to them and… also some people have sent me material and from all that I have seen, I [am] leaning to a position,” Jagdeo said, when asked by Stabroek News at a news conference on Saturday whether he had reached a final decision.
The constitution requires that the president and the opposition leader agree on the appointment.
