Appeal Court reserves ruling in case of appointment of parliamentary secretaries

The Court of they were appointed thesubstantiveissues. had relied on Attorney A p p e a l h a s parliamentary secretaries- She said nevertheless the General vs Morian, which reserved its who are non-elected Court of Appeal is still to wasfirstdecidedbynowlate decision in the members of the National determine whether it is Chief Justice Ian Chang. case filed by the government Assembly bound by its earlier decision Justice Chang’s ruling was challenging Chief Justice, During a sitting on in the case of the Attorney appealed to the Court of Roxane George –Wiltshire Thursday, Justice of Appeal, Generalv DesmondMorian. Appeal, where Justices SC (ag), ruling which Dawn Gregory, said the Browne and Ramkissoon Gregory, Rishi Persaud, and nullified the appointment of matter was reviewed; it was w e r e a p p o i n t e d Franklin Holder adjudicated Sarah Browne and Vikash found that the Court of Parliamentary Secretaries to and made a certain ruling. R a m k i s s o o n a s Appeal, at the time, affirmed the Amerindian Affairs and Giventhatshewasoneofthe parliamentarysecretaries. the decision of the late Chief Agriculture Ministries judges who heard the appeal Both Browne and Justice Ian Chang, and in respectively against Justice Chang’s R a m k i s s o o n w e r e doing so, took into In cancelling the pair’s decision, Justice Gregory candidates of the PPP in the consideration not only the appointment, acting Chief said she would revisit that last general elections, yet issue of jurisdiction, but also Justice George-Wiltshire decision to determine what position she and the court hadtaken.

ParliamentarySecretariesdo meant for so-called Attorney General, Anil not have the right to vote in “technocrats” or those who Nandlall, had moved to the theHouse. were not candidates in the Court of Appeal to “stay” or It was Jones, who on elections. put on hold the April 21, December 22, 2020 Jones’ case was that the 2021 decision of the Chief challenged the lawfulness of Constitutional legal Justice. the appointment of the principles in relation to the Nandlall wants Browne Parliamentary Secretaries appointmentofTechnocratic and Ramkissoon to continue He argued that Browne and Ministers (those who are not sitting in the National Ramkisson, by virtue of political candidates in an Assembly until the matter is being candidates, were election) are identical to the determined, arguing that debarred from being in the a p p o i n t m e n t o f there could be no harm to National Assembly as ParliamentarySecretaries. Christopher Jones, the ParliamentarySecretaries. Browne and Ramkisson Opposition Chief Whip if The Chief Justice had were sworn in on September this happens since the ruled that the positions are 15,2020.