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Search heightens for Ombudsman

Aug 30, 2012 News

The Office of the Ombudsman may not be empty for long as President Donald Ramotar and Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, have been discussing this pertinent matter.
According to Dr. Roger Luncheon, Granger has approached the President regarding the appointment of the Ombudsman.
He related that the kind of information provided such as terms and conditions and accommodation gives the impression that the search is being heightened for the Ombudsman.
“I want to believe that mutual efforts are indeed paying off and that the President and the leader of the Opposition, with whom he is statutorily obliged to consult on a number of these appointments, that indeed a very useful basis for that consultation is being put in place,” Dr. Luncheon said.
Recently, leader of Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan said that the President is acting unconstitutionally. He stressed that the non-appointment of the Ombudsman makes a mockery of the democracy of Guyana’s Constitution.
He had pointed out that annually a budgetary allocation is made for the Office of the Ombudsman, but its substantive office remains empty.
“We can only row and make statements and that we have been doing. A number of persons have talked on this matter. At the budget debates, a number of speakers indicated that they have been taking moneys out of the budget for the Office of the Ombudsman. We have a number of persons being paid as staff, but no Ombudsman,” Ramjattan said.

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