High Court Judge Gino Persaud has said that he will first hear and determine the application filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC to strike President Irfaan Ali’s name from the action brought by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers, before dealing with the substantive matter.
To the action which lists President Ali as a respondent, Nandlall has filed a notice-of-application in which he seeks to have the president struck from being a party to the proceedings.
The AG argues that being immune from suit, the President ought not to have been named in the action, as it contravenes Article 182 of the Constitution as well as Section 10 of the State Liability and Proceedings Act (SL&PA).