Former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has submitted that substantively appointing Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken who is one year past his retirement age would be unconstitutional and illegal.
“Mr Hicken’s tenure as Acting Commissioner of Police should have ended in July 2023, unless he was substantively appointed before that date in which case it would have been entirely appropriate for the President to extend his appointment to a date not later than age 60,” Goolsarran wrote in his Accountability column published today.
“In the circumstances, it would appear that the President was ill-advised when he extended Mr Hicken’s acting appointment beyond his retirement age. Indeed, the continuation of Mr Hicken as Acting Commissioner of Police beyond July 2023 lacks legal/constitutional support,” he added.
