Motions

WHEREAS section 123(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ("the Constitution") provides that the Police Service Commission ("the Commission") shall submit to the President a list of the names of the persons nominated for appointment to the offices of Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Police;

AND WHEREAS section 123(4) of the Constitution provides that the President shall issue a Notification in respect of each person nominated under the said section 123(3) and the Notification shall be subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Representatives;

AND WHEREAS clause 3(l) and (m) of the Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Selection Process) Order, 2009 (Legal Notice No. 102 of 2009) provides, inter alia, in relation to the selection process for appointment to the offices of Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police, that the Commission shall take into account all information on the candidates and thereafter establish an Order of Merit and shall select the highest graded candidate on the Order of Merit and shall submit that candidate’s name to the President in accordance with the procedure set out in section 123 of the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS clause 4(1) of the said Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Selection Process) Order, 2009 provides that where, in relation to the said clause 3(m), the House of Representatives does not approve of the highest graded candidate on the Order of Merit List pursuant to section 123 of the Constitution, subsequent nominations in order of merit may be submitted to the House of Representatives from the Order of Merit List only in accordance with the procedure set out in the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS the Notification in relation to Mr. Neal Parker, the highest graded candidate for the office of Commissioner of Police, was not approved by the House of Representatives on the 25th day of June, 2010;

AND WHEREAS Mr. Dwayne D. Gibbs is the second highest graded candidate for appointment to the office of Commissioner of Police on the said Order of Merit List;

AND WHEREAS the President has on the 25th day of June, 2010 issued a Notification in respect of the nomination of Mr. Dwayne D. Gibbs for appointment to the office of Commissioner of Police;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to approve the Notification:

BE IT RESOLVED that the Notification of the President in respect of the nomination by the Police Service Commission of Mr. Dwayne D. Gibbs to the office of Commissioner of Police be approved.

(By the Leader of the House)