Gaskin blasts President over rejection of second GECOM list
Gaskin told Guyana Timeson Thursday that a lot has been written and said about the President’s rejection of both lists, but he believes the President has not only misconstrued the constitution the way it is written, but is presuming to interpret the
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constitution by setting certain criteria.
“In our system, the President cannot interpret our constitution. Only a court in this country can interpret the constitution, and nobody else. He (President) cannot do it; he is not so empowered. He has gone way beyond his own duties and functions and prerogatives to do that,” Gaskin opined.
The outspoken social activist says the President is also bringing into disrepute upstanding and prominent people who have been shortlisted for the position of GECOM chairman. Gaskin is of the view that very few people would now want their names put forward, because the President has rejected two lists and has said the nominees were not fit and proper.
Gaskin said, “When he (President) rejected the first list, he said he wanted to see judges on the list; and then the second list reflected a majority of people in the legal fraternity, he rejected that too. There is no guarantee that he wouldn’t reject a third list.”
While many people are of the view that the President has a particular person in mind that he may want to put in that position, Gaskin says the constitution does
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