Why the silence on the High Court ruling on the unlawful suspension of the Police Service Commission?

DEAREDITOR,

On Friday, March 24, 2023, Justice Gino Persaud delivered his ruling in the case of Paul Slowe v The Secretary of the Police ServiceCommission,etal.

In his concluding analysistheJudgesaid:

SincePaulSloweandthe other Commissioners could only have been removed fromconstitutionalofficefor cause on the afore said two grounds for removal it is axiomaticthattheywereand are entitled to their constitutional rights of protectionofthelawanddue process.

The suspension of the Chairman and other members in the absence of the JSC and constituted Tribunal was a nuclear response by His Excellency, the President The suspension proved permanentandtantamountto a removal from office without due process. The Constitution imbued the President with no power to suspend in the absence of a Tribunal and in doing so he acted ultra vires the constitution and unlawfully Acondition precedent to the executive power to suspend is the referral to and establishment of the Tribunal. This is a sine qua non to suspension and removal.

The Judge went on to say:

In summary therefore, the decision of His Excellency, the President to suspend the Chairman and