President to appoint new boards for PPC, JSC and TSC Friday

Jun 29, 2022 News

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali is ready finally to move forward with the appointment of individuals to sit on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). This is according to a release issued on Tuesday which outlined that the long overdue appointments will be made on Friday.

President Irfaan Ali

Along with the PPC, the president will also appoint new boards to operationalise the Judicial Service Commission, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC).
The Attorney General’s Chambers, in a notice said, “The constitutional and other legal requirements having been complied with, the members of the Judicial Service Commission, the Teaching Service Commission and the Public Procurement Commission shall be sworn in on Friday, 1st July, 2022, by His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Bourda, Georgetown.”
Earlier this month, the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had made an official call to President Ali to swear in swiftly the five persons who were unanimously approved to serve on the PPC more than two months ago.
PAC Chairman, Jermaine Figueria made the call during the body’s Monday meeting. He said that numerous complaints and questions about the PPC not being in place have come to him personally and to the Committee inquiring, “…why is it that the PPC has not been put in place (while) the PAC played a pivotal role in the short listing of those members.”
As Chairman of the PAC, Figueria said that he had put forward the PPC motion in the National Assembly where the five persons got more than two third majority expressing confidence in them serving on the PPC.
The motion was voted on since last April and several months have passed without movement to make the Commission functional. “So, on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee, I would like to make the call on His Excellency the President to do what is expected of him constitutionally; the mandate of swearing in the commissioners of the PPC so that they can execute their constitutional duties that the Guyanese public is expecting them to do.” Figueria insisted that the Commission is very important and can no longer remain inoperable as the names identified attained more than the constitutionally required number of votes.
The PAC Chairman urged the President to act swiftly in making the commission functional so it can give the country’s procurement system some kind of footing in accountability and transparency. PAC member Ganesh Mahipaul added his voice to the Chairman’s call stating that the work of the PAC had led to the nomination of the PPC names, and it was viewed by both the government and opposition that activating the Commission is urgent and necessary in keeping the guardrails of democracy high.

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