Attorney General Basil Williams SC yesterday downplayed concerns over the backlog of judgments which Chief Justice of Belize Kenneth Benjamin, who has been nominated as Guyana’s new Chancellor of the Judiciary, has failed to deliver.
Justice Benjamin has been nominated by President David Granger to fill the post of Chancellor.
At his first press conference for the year yesterday, Williams, in response to questions from this newspaper about concerns over Benjamin being able to complete cases and deliver judgments in a timely manner here, given his track record, said that the issue of backlog can be found throughout the region and not just Guyana.
Quoting scriptures from the Holy Bible, Williams