President has not provided evidence of eight attempts to contact Norton

Aubrey Norton

Three weeks after he committed to provide evidence that he had reached out to Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton eight times in an attempt to fulfill his constitutional mandate, President Irfaan Ali is yet to deliver on the promise.

However, the Opposition Leader has produced five letters, two of which were sent to Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, Roysdale Forde, by Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira, and two responses, all pertaining to one issue and that was the appointment of the members of the Public Service Commission.

The other letter produced by Norton is a response from the Opposition Leader to the President, dated June 23rd and references to a June 19th letter sent by Teixeira, informing that Ali had proposed consultation for three persons to be appointed to the PSC.