Chief Justice (CJ) (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday declared the appointment of Sarah Browne and Vikash Ramkissoon as Parliamentary Secretaries to be unlawful, as well as their membership of the National Assembly.
In her ruling, the CJ noted that in accordance with case law authority, an Elected Member of the National Assembly not extracted from the List of Candidates, “cannot become a non-elected Member of the National Assembly by virtue of their appointment as Parliamentary Secretary.”
This was the specific contention of APNU+AFC MP Christopher Jones who had mounted the challenge against Browne, Ramkissoon, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.
