Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC, has clarified his role in vetting the city’s parking meters by-laws before they were signed by the Ministry of Communities.
Speaking with the media today, the AG admitted to vetting the laws. The AG said that he vetted the document while Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, was out of the country, and this may have led to the confusion of whether he did or did not review them.
The AG also said that, in reviewing the documents he did point out to City Hall that the parking fees were too burdensome for the ordinary man. “I indicate that the terms that they contain … that you would be in terror certainly to breach it and whilst there is certainly nothing unlawful about them, they would have to rework some of the figures,” the AG said.
Commenting on the by-laws that were eventually signed by the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, the AG said that City Hall did take some of his recommendations on board. “It is apparent that they did do some reworking but even so the reworking seems to be over saddling the ordinary working class and I suppose they would have to have a look at that again,” Williams said.
The AG said that he met with City Hall on Monday and they had undertaken to re-examine the fees. The Attorney General and City Hall were scheduled to meet again today.
The question of whether the by-laws were vetted by the AG before being signed by the Minister of Communities was raised after differing comments on the matter were expressed by the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan.
Minister Bulkan had told the media that he signed off on the document after it was cleared by the AG.
Returning from an overseas visit and hosting the most recent post-cabinet press briefing, Minister Harmon had said that the document was still to be vetted by the AG.
Interesting..Harmon seems to have more power that the PM and VP’s..
PATRICIA CHASE-GREEN, ROYSTON KING, OSCAR CLARKE AND THE ENTIRE SORDID LOT SHOULD BE PUT OUT TO PASTURE PERMANENTLY. PRESIDENT GRANGER IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ROYAL SCREW UP (FOR THE LACK OF A BETTER WORD) BECAUSE HE ELECTED SOME PROVEN NINCOMPOOPS AND INCOMPETENT INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS MINISTER BULKAN.
BULKAN IS AWARE THAT THESE SO CALLED BYLAWS WERE NEVER GAZETTED AND BASICALLY THE OPERATIONS OF THE SMART PARKING SOLUTIONS ENTITY AIDED AND ABETTED BY THEIR ACCOLYTES, SYCOPHANTS AND MENDICANTS ARE GROSSLY ILLEGAL.
THIS MATTER STINKS TO THE HIGHEST HEAVENS AND ONLY A DEMENTED LOT SUCH AS THOSE AT CITY HALL WILL KNOWINGLY PUT THE CITIZENS OF THE GARDEN CITY LAST AND THEIR PUERILE SEF INTERESTS FIRST. THEY ARE ALL CORRUPT, COMPROMISED AND FULL OF CHICANERY AND ARE WORTHY OF A GOOD PUBLIC THRASHING BY THE OPPRESSED AND BESIEGED CITIZENS OF THE GARDEN CITY.
KUDOS TO NADIA SAGAR, KOMAL RAMNAUTH AND OTHERS FOR STEPPING UP TO THE TABLE AND RAISING THEIR VOICES IN UNISON AND IN TOTAL DISGUST. GRANGER NEEDS TO SOP HIDING UNDER SANDRA’S SKIRT AND STEP UP TO THE JOB OR SIMPLY STEP DOWN AND OUTSOURCE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN HARMON.
THE CONSENSUS FAR AND WIDE IS THAT DEMENTIA HAS BECOME THE NORM FOR THE APNU AND MOST OF THEIR AFC COMRADES IN CRIME
Parking fees lowered? What about the fines and chocking protocols? This is where the real problem exists and basically many people will end up losing a car over maybe being 5 minutes late on overstaying their meter. Ridiculous and onnerous.