Dear Editor,
As a citizen of this my beloved land of birth and habitation, I continue to observe, with alarm and dissatisfaction, how the “powers that be” continue to function without adherence to their constitutional mandate, which they swore to uphold “without fear or favour, affection or ill will.”
One example will suffice. One year ago, amidst pomp and ceremony, members of the Police Service Commission, were appointed and sworn in, minus one member: the Chairman of the Public Service Commission. The court ruled that the Police Service Commission was not duly constituted, in the absence of the Chair of the Public Service Commission. I thought that the putting together of the Police Service Commission was of urgent and critical significance. But after the passage of time with no Commission, I am of the opinion that the requirement for the President’s consultation with the Opposition Leader is the “elephant in the room.” As a direct consequence, and until our leaders “begin to wear long pants,” neither Judicial, Public not Police Servicer Commissions will be constituted.
I therefore ask, is this a flagrant dereliction of duty, or a breach of the Constitution, which our President, and others, swore to uphold? If it is either, or both, what can the ordinary Guyanese citizen do to cure this malady?
Sincerely,
Ovid Schultz
