Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton yesterday urged the newly appointed members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to work to fully understand their constitutional mandate and put the “national good” above political allegiance.
Eight persons were on Tuesday sworn in as the new members of the ERC, and according to Norton, it has been publicly voiced that most of the new commissioners are “closely affiliated with the PPP or are government employees.”
However, he said that the Opposition challenges them “to put the national good above their political and other allegiances, to put the common interests above their self-interests, and to thereby transform the ERC into an effective agent in building good ethnic relations.”