Declaring that constitutional commissioners enjoy security of tenure and can only be removed in accordance with the set procedure, Justice Gino Persaud yesterday ruled that President Irfaan Ali had acted unlawfully and ultra vires of the constitution in suspending the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Paul Slowe and several commissioners.
The judge ruled that the “decision of His Excellency, the President to suspend the Chairman and other members of the PSC was: a. Unlawful b. Ultra vires article 225 of the constitution c. Arbitrary d. Unreasonable
e. Unfair f. In violation of the suspended Chairman and Commissioner’s constitutional rights to the protection of the law and due process of the law g. Null, void and of no legal effect”.
