Composition of some Boards stalling appointment of members

Jul 13, 2013 News

The non-appointment of certain Boards may be outstanding because of the requirement of nominees from Opposition Parties in the National Assembly.

Dr. Roger Luncheon

According to Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon, on Thursday at the Office of the President, Boards are currently being appointed.
However, there is a historic commitment requiring the presence of an Opposition representative or nominee on the Boards and this is where the trouble exists.
“Many of these boards are statutorily appointed with fixed compositions so as we move along the efforts that have been successful so far in the appointments have addressed those that are non-controversial there is no problem with the appointments,” he said.
Dr. Luncheon said that in relation to the other Boards, Government is faced with the decision of choosing between nominees presented by the two Opposition Parties, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC).
“The reappointments of those boards and the deliberations on the others whether the leader of the Opposition can indeed submit, whether the Government is willing to accept a submission from the Leader of the Opposition of ANPU’s nominees to the total exclusion of AFC’s nominees whether the Government is willing to consider the submission of AFC’s nominees to the exclusion of APNU’s nominees,” he noted.
According to Dr. Luncheon, GuySuCo Board has not yet been appointed and has nothing to do with it being one of the more difficult ones.
He added that the issue of fees for directors would be dealt with at the time the Boards are being appointed.

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