Calling it a notable stain on Guyana’s judicial landscape, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders, has called for the substantive appointment of a Chancellor and a Chief Justice to be made before this year ends.
“There is one significant blot on an otherwise impressive Guyanese legal and judicial landscape. For the country to have not appointed a Chancellor for 17 long years is very disappointing; likewise, to be without an appointed Chief Justice for several years. As the President of your final court, I believe I have a right and a duty publicly to express the view that Guyana should not let this year pass and not remedy this regrettable situation,” he said.
Justice Saunders was at the time delivering the keynote address to members of the legal fraternity during a Dinner hosted by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday evening.