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Attorney General directs all queries to judiciary
Collapsing New Amsterdam courthouse…
Attorney General Anil Nandlall in an invited comment yesterday explained that the issues surrounding the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court would be better answered by the Judiciary through the project execution unit.
The Attorney General was responding to queries about the recently rehabilitated courthouse which is already showing signs of decay as a result of the substandard work done.
Nandlall explained that projects are usually administered by the Ministry of Legal Affairs or the Judiciary.
The recently refurbished New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
According to Nandlall each agency has its own Project Execution Unit, which is responsible for the construction and maintenance of infrastructure. The Attorney General explained that the N/A court falls directly under the rehabilitation, repairs and construction of the physical work of court buildings, which is the responsibility of the Judiciary’s Project Execution Unit.
That unit Nandlall said would be in a better position to have the issues clarified. Efforts to contact the persons who are heading the units proved futile.
Last week this newspaper had highlighted the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court, which was collapsing after millions of dollars were spent. The building was handed over to the authorities less than a month ago.
Both staff members and litigants had to scamper for their lives after the ceiling started to fall apart on Wednesday. The rehabilitation cost more than $20M. The work lasted over two years. Residents and lawyers are saying that it is money wasted and an investigation should be launched immediately into the ‘slapdash’ work done on the facility.
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