Elections probe Chair, Commissioners sworn in

US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch (left) and UK High Commissioner Jane Miller at the swearing in (Office of the President photo)

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday administered the oath of office to the Chair and members of the presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) tasked with examining the events of the March 02, 2020 general and regional elections.

Chair, retired Trinidad Justice of Appeal Stanley John and Commissioners: former Attorney General, High Court Judge and Acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean, Godfrey P. Smith SC; and former Chancellor (Ag), of the Guyana Judiciary, Carl Singh took the oath of office in the Credentials Room at the Office of the President.

Former Chair and Chief Elections Commissioner of India, Dr S. Y. Quraishi was previously named as a member of the commission but he was not there at yesterday’s swearing-in.