A public prosecutor and a president of the judicial court have been appointed in Cayenne, Guyana. The positions had been vacant for several months.
A public prosecutor and a president of the judicial court have been appointed in Guyana. The President of the Guyana Bar Association expressed on Monday his “relief” after several months of vacancy. According to a decree published Sunday in the Official Journal, Charles Tellier was appointed president of the court of appeal of Cayenne to exercise the functions of president of the judicial court of the city. Aline Clérot, who was until then public prosecutor in Saverne in Bas-Rhin, is for her part appointed to exercise the functions of public prosecutor of the Cayenne judicial court. This jurisdiction has been waiting for its prosecutor since the departure from Guyana at the end of May. , of the former holder of the position The position of president of the judicial court had been vacant since the end of July.
“It’s a relief. We denounced this completely unprecedented situation”reacted to AFP Me Christine Charlot, President of the Guyana Bar Association. “I am not sure that such a situation in a large city would have lasted so long”she added. Judicial activity is particularly sustained in Guyana, a French community with the highest rate of homicides relative to the population and numerous armed robberies. The Cayenne district is struggling to attract magistrates while it is swamped with files.
Gathered in an extraordinary general meeting, the lawyers voted on a motion in October to alert the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM), the National Bar Council and the Minister of Justice at the time, Didier Migaud.
