– Government /IDB project is a big success!!Justice Claudette Singh, along with Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, Minister within the Ministry ofFinance Bishop Juan Edghill and IDB representative Mark Wenner.With the help of the Inter American Development Bank,
Cheap Soccer Jerseys, Government yesterday completed the first ever Justice Reform Project which was being done under the “Modernization of the Justice Administration System”.Government had embarked on the project some six years ago having realized that the Justice sector was in need of reform. Against that backdrop the government signed a US$25M agreement with the IDB, to undertake several institutional reforms.Coordinator for the Project, Justice Claudette Singh, explained that the project has made considerable progress which has been recorded. She was at the time speaking at a closing ceremony held yesterday morning at the Duke Lodge Hotel.According to Justice Singh, the project had its genesis in the 2006 Justice Sector Reform strategy. The former judge explained that the strategy was devised to address the many challenges which beleaguered the justice system. She said that the project ushered in many reforms that addressed several longstanding challenges in the justice sector.For example, under theproject Guyana’s Law reports were significantly updated. According to Justice Singh, the legal fraternity is well aware that the Law Report for 1976 was printed in 1996, some 20 years later. She said that the last official law revision was done in 1977.There were delays of up to seven years for a case to be completed from the time it was filed, taking into consideration the delays in handing down decisions. The law reports from 1977 to 2007 are now in print form.Justice Singh added that they have also printed an index to these reports (1930-2007) which is available now. In addition to that, Justice Singh noted that the reports are also now digitized.Fast track to present, Justice Singh said that through the project the system is now in a position to inform that the most critical of the concerns have been dealt with. Justice Singh added that the case backlog has been significantly reduced and steps are in train not only to reduce it further, but to eliminate it completely.Justice Singh added that through the project several courts and courtrooms have been refurbished,
cheap jerseys from china, the Director of Public Prosecutors Chambers were renovated and furnished. According to Singh the Chambers now have 15 offices for prosecutors. Both state and police prosecutors were trained and according to the DPP her success rate in prosecutions moved to 30 per cent in 2010 and almost 50 percent in 2011.Justice Singh said, “Completing the project and achieving the success was no easy task,” but they nevertheless continued.Under the project, the Court of Appeal,
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