Today's Observer also features a pointed critique by my wife Alison Irvine of Prof. Vasciannie's removal as chair of the Air Policy Committee. Alison exposes the folly of replacing Prof. Vasciannie, who not only has the qualifications for the job, but whom the government has recognized as having performed creditably during his tenure.
Alison points to the Attorney General's endorsement of Stephen Vasciannie's credentials in international law/international relations at the same time that she was objecting to his selection as SG, because of a purported lack of litigation experience. Certainly, Stephen Vasciannie cannot be disqualified from chairing the Air Policy Committee because of any lack of expertise in international law/relations as regards the formulation of Air Policy.
Noel Hylton, Alison points out, is chair of the Police Service Commission. Like the Public Service Commission, the Police Service Commission was sued for retiring a person in the public interest. The Police Service Commission retired a police inspector in the public interest, but the Supreme Court quashed the decision as unlawful for failure to observe natural justice. Alison rightly questions why the Police Service Commission was not subject to the same treatment as the Public Service Commission, following a similar adverse judicial review (in respect to Lackston Robinson).
The bankrupt order of Jamaican politics continues, despite Mr. Golding's promise of something new and different.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Is it personal, Mr. Golding? By Alison Irvine- Observer- Feb.05, 2008
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