THE advice from Rolston Nelson S.C. that the acting appointment of Gary Griffith as Commissioner of Police was “illegal” and “unconstitutional” has come at a price to taxpayers.
The Government has not indicated how much was paid to the legal luminary.
Now attorneys and other commentators are urging the authorities to provide full disclosure on the cost of Nelson’s legal advice.
The Government turned to Nelson after an uproar about a legal order drafted by Attorney General Faris Al Rawi that led to Griffith’s acting appointment at the end of his lawful three-year term.
That matter has now gone to the court.
Litigants are arguing that the appointment was unconstitutional, and that, by his order, Al Rawi interfered in the selection process.
As the primary legal advisor to the Government AG Al Rawi is being held to account on the matter, but he is resisting calls for his resignation.
Nelson, a former Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) jurist, is currently occupying the Office of Visitor at The University of the West Indies, a post that was previously held by Queen Elizabeth 11.
