| -says JSC giving her the runaroundBy Michael JordanFormer Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen has warned of a “showdown” between herself and the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) if the Commission fails to pay her benefits soon.Mrs. Holder-Allen told Kaieteur News yesterday that while Chairman of the Commission, Acting Chancellor Carl Singh, has told her that she will receive all payments due her, he has not indicated when this will be forthcoming.She says that all subsequent efforts to contact the Chancellor have been futile.“The way I see it is that this Commission’s members want a showdown with me.“If that is the case, and I see no other way, then I wish to put the Commission members on notice that a showdown is in the making for sure,” Holder-Allen stated.The former Chief Magistrate submitted her resignation on September 1. A letter to the Commission indicated that her resignation took effect from September 15.She had told journalists that the resignation was in the form of early retirement and that she would be seeking all benefits due her.Former Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-AllenIn a statement released to Kaieteur News yesterday,Asics Dynaflyte 2 Womens, Mrs. Holder-Allen said that since September 1, the Judicial Service Commission members were aware of the terms and conditions under which she was going to sever her relationship with them.“The making up of my accounts should not engage anyone’s attention for more than two days at the most,” the statement indicated.“The commission members are determined to serve me with malice and spite, even at this late stage of my service to my country.”The former Chief Magistrate said that on September 15, she received a letter in response to her resignation,Cheap Football Jerseys, which was signed by someone other than the Chancellor of the Judiciary.She said that the letter was “deficient in the most extreme manner,” and it made “no mention at all about the payment to me of my life earnings and benefits.”She claimed that despite several attempts that day, she was unable to reach Mr. Carl Singh, although she managed to contact his secretary.According to the statement, the following morning Mrs. Holder-Allen threatened to turn up at the Court of Appeal and it was only then that she was put through to Mr. Singh.“I must say that on the Monday afternoon I was convinced that the Commission intended grave mischief to me, so I called the Office of the President and made a report to one of the secretaries that a situation was developing.“I also made a call to the personnel officer at the Supreme Court to make enquires about the procedure for my benefits to be made up and he said that it should not be a problem.“The next morning I was told by officers of the Supreme Court that the secretary to the Commission,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Mrs. Chandra Jagnandan, said that she will be making up the documents for my superannuation benefits.“Can you imagine my state of mind when I called the said secretary and was told that she was doing no such thing because the Commission members have not given her any instructions to do so?”“Things got even more unsatisfactory when Mr. Carl Singh told me over the phone that he will be personally looking into this matter but refused to tell me what date he intends to start this process and so there can be do statement from him as to when he intends to complete the process.“Since then I know that I am completely wasting my time calling…I have called one or two times but the encounters are trying my patience.”Kaieteur News was unable to reach acting Chancellor Carl Singh for a comment on Mrs. Holder-Allen’s statement.The Judicial Services Commission removed Mrs. Holder-Allen from her active duty in 2004, in the wake of allegations levelled against her.She had served as Chief Magistrate for about eight years.One allegation was made by former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Madame Desiree Bernard; another by Acting Magistrate Bertlyn Reynolds,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, and another by former Minister Bibi Shaddick.However,NFL Jerseys Cheap, there was no documented evidence before the Judicial Service Commission,Cheap Jerseys USA, and Chancellor Bernard later said that she never filed a complaint.In turn, the former Chief Magistrate has accused the Commission of “high-handed” action in having her removed from active duty, and of thwarting her chances for further promotion. |
