Attorney Euclin Gomes has filed a court action to challenge Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes’ request that the Public Service Commission (PSC) suspend interviews to fill vacancies within her ministry on the grounds that it is a constitutional body and she has no authority over it.
Gomes, who works out of the law firm run by former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, is asking the High Court to grant a declaration that the PSC, in the exercise of its functions, shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority. He is also asking for a declaration that a letter sent to the PSC by Broomes, dated May 28th and directing that “all interviews and meetings of the Commission are to cease forthwith until further (sic) as instructed by His Excellency, the President, David Arthur Granger’s notice,” is in violation of Article 226 of the Constitution and is unlawful, null, void and of no legal effect.
Article 226 states: “Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, in the exercise of its functions under this