Finally addressing the long-overdue appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice of Guyana, President Irfaan Ali has said that while he has no issue appointing the top judicial officer, he would do so when the “right time comes.”
Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justice Roxane George SC were respectively appointed acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice back in 2016 and 2017, following the retirement of then acting Chancellor Carl Singh, who was also never confirmed despite having served for 12 years. Guyana has not had a confirmed Chancellor for 17 years.