President David Granger said on Thursday that a substantive Commissioner of Police (COP) cannot be appointed unless the Police Service Commission (PSC) is reconstituted and the Opposition Leader is consulted.
“The process cannot be completed until the Police Service Commission is appointed”, he said when asked by Stabroek News for an update on the eagerly awaited appointment. Asked how soon, the appointment can be made, he responded, “Well again I have to resort to consultation with the Leader of the Opposition and the Chairman of the Public Service Commission also has to be appointed”.
On April 26, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Appointments, Dr. George Norton laid a report before the National Assembly in which retired assistant commissioners Paul Slowe, Clinton Conway, Vesta Adams and Claire Jarvis were listed as the nominees for the PSC. The life of the PSC came to an end in August last year.
