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EDITORIAL - Good move at AG's office
published: Tuesday | April 8, 2008
Dorothy Lightbourne has been the revelation of Bruce Golding's Cabinet - but not in a positive way. As an opposition member of the Senate, we used to consider her constructive and and hoped she would bring a thoughtful expansiveness to a ministerial portfolio. By most reports, as attorney general, Ms Lightbourne has been narrowly partisan, looking into ever crevice for political opponents and evidence of disloyalty.
Her attitude is reported to have created deep tension and concern at the AG's chambers, from which a number of lawyers have sought to escape, to a point, as is now reported, Mr Golding has asked for a review of the operations.
If indeed such an investigation is under way, we believe it is incumbent on Mr Golding to inform the public of its scope and full terms of reference. Any such review should also include an assessment of what role Mr Golding's move to prevent Professor Stephen Vasciannie being appointed solicitor general played in creating creating employee disquiet at the AG's chambers.
published: Tuesday | April 8, 2008
Dorothy Lightbourne has been the revelation of Bruce Golding's Cabinet - but not in a positive way. As an opposition member of the Senate, we used to consider her constructive and and hoped she would bring a thoughtful expansiveness to a ministerial portfolio. By most reports, as attorney general, Ms Lightbourne has been narrowly partisan, looking into ever crevice for political opponents and evidence of disloyalty.
Her attitude is reported to have created deep tension and concern at the AG's chambers, from which a number of lawyers have sought to escape, to a point, as is now reported, Mr Golding has asked for a review of the operations.
If indeed such an investigation is under way, we believe it is incumbent on Mr Golding to inform the public of its scope and full terms of reference. Any such review should also include an assessment of what role Mr Golding's move to prevent Professor Stephen Vasciannie being appointed solicitor general played in creating creating employee disquiet at the AG's chambers.
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