Top cop nominees must be rejected individually

Ag. Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams

PHOTO:ANGELO M. MARCELLE
Ag. Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams PHOTO:ANGELO M. MARCELLE

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GOVERNMENT is expected to reject the Police Service Commission’s nomination of Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for the post of Commissioner of Police. It will be second time Williams will be rejected for the post of Commissioner.
In July 2008, Williams was the then PSC’s choice for Commissioner but was rejected by the then Patrick Manning-led government. What has followed since has been a continuous reappointing of Williams as Acting Commissioner.
Williams whose name appears third on the Order of Merit List submitted to President’s House earlier this year will be rejected in the similar manner as his two Colleagues Deodat Dulalchan and Harold Phillip. After Williams is rejected three other nominees for the position whose names appears fourth, fifth and sixth will also be rejected in like manner.
This means that Parliament, which is in recess, will have to be convened three other times after Williams is rejected on Friday. Yesterday, former PSC chairman Ramesh Deosaran said he did not wish to comment on what his thoughts were about government’s rejection of the two other nominees.
He said “if the original objection was based on the process being flawed, unless that objection is properly cleared up there will be a challenge to select any other person”. Oropouche East MP Roodal Moonilal said government has no choice but to reject the other nominees on the Order of Merit List.
“For the second time in this man’s life, a man who has given his life to the police service and has indeed given his life to the people, he must now be rejected a second time by Parliament due to no wrong doing on his part. Government has created a constitutional crisis by their blatantly subjective rejection of Deodat Dulalchan and Harold Phillip, and now they have failed to enter into any consultation with the PSC, the Opposition or any other stakeholder to bring this crisis to an end,” Moonilal said.
On March 29, the PSC gave Williams his 13th extension of a six month period as acting CoP. The extension runs from April to September 30. Williams is set to proceed on pre-retirement on September 5, having accumulated close to two years vacation leave.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Government is expected to reject the Police Service Commission’s nomination of Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams for the post of Commissioner of Police.

It will be the Williams' second rejection for the post of Commissioner.

In July 2008 he was the PSC’s choice for Commissioner of Police, but was rejected by then Patrick Manning led government.

Williams whose name appears third on the Order of Merit List submitted to President’s House earlier this year will be rejected in the similar manner as his two Colleagues Deodat Dulalchan and Harold Phillip.

After he is rejected, three other nominees for the position whose names appear fourth, fifth and sixth will also be rejected in like manner.

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