The National Assembly’s Committee on Appointments has approved Yonette Ramao-Scarville for the position of Attorney at Law within the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
Ramao-Scarville was selected for the post at a meeting on April 5, 2017 from which all opposition members of the committee were absent. Her name will now have to be considered by the National Assembly. Discussions at the committee on selecting a lawyer began on December 23, 2015, raising again the question of the length of time being taken to fill these positions.
According to the fifth report of the committee which was laid in the house on Thursday, before that date the seven members of the nine-person committee present at previous meetings could