Government has increased the number of Puisne Judges to 20 to help speed up court hearings and hopes that those to be appointed would not be of questionable character.
“We trust that those who are endowed with the high constitutional responsibility of recruiting candidates to fill the new vacancies, will discharge this responsibility with due care and circumspection in order to ensure that the new appointees are imbued with the requisite competence and integrity befitting the office to which they seek appointment. In this regard, we hope that quality will never be sacrificed for quantity,” said Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.
Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) was told that the last complement of 12 dates back to the 1970s.
The Attorney General suggested that the call by Retired Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Guyanese Desiree Bernard on February 19 was belated because President Donald Ramotar had already issued the order on February 3 and published on February 8 in the Official Gazette. “We are pleased to note that the Administration had already acted on the matter,” said Nandlall.
