Dear Editor,
Once again the glaring fact seems to have been missed by all who got distracted by constitutional arguments.
The simple fact is that the Guyana Livestock Development Authority Act – Section 5(1) provides for the composition of the Board. Section 5(2) states categorically “The Minister (of Agriculture) shall appoint a Director of the Board as the Chairperson.”
It stands to simple reason that if there are no directors, there cannot possibly be a ‘selected chairperson.’ It nevertheless remains an open question whether the rescindment of the recent appointee to the chairmanship means that he still remains a member of the Board.
Furthermore Section 10(1) states as follows:
“The names of Directors of the Board as first constituted and every other change in the constitution of the Board shall be published in the Gazette.”
Is it the case therefore that any appointment of a chairperson precedent to complying with the above is a nullity?
Where then does this leave the successor appointee?
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address provided)
