And at the end of our newscast last night, we told you about the study leave that Director Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal went on.
She has actually been out of the office since last week Tuesday, and holding over as the acting DPP is Senior Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez.
Elrington, explained yesterday that she applied for the study leave a few weeks ago, and it was approved earlier this month:
Hon. Wilfred Elrington – Attorney General
"My information was that she wants to be given study leave for a period of 3 months. That application has been duly made and approved of by the prime minister."
Alindy Marisol Amaya, News Director KREM News
"For when?"
Hon. Wilfred Elrington
"I think she is going be going from the 15th of July, I think she started already, and for 3 months. If my recollection is right, and during the course of the 3 months that she will be away, 2 of the crown councils will act in her place. One will act for the first 6 weeks and that person I have been told is Mr. Cecil Ramirez and for the remaining 6 weeks Ms. Willis will act, Linbert Willis, he is going to act for the remaining 6 weeks so that is going to completing the 3 months period.
Alindy Marisol Amaya
"Sir, wasn't it important to notify the public about this change?"
Hon. Wilfred Elrington
"I don't think it is a practice to notify the public that the DPP is going on 3 months leave but we have no difficulty notifying the public. When you asked to interview me on it I said yes without any hesitation. Its not a secret, public officers need to take vacation and a lot of them would like to do study leave."
Alindy Marisol Amaya
"Certainly that puts a damper on the COLA private prosecution and the kind of assistance she could have been enabled to provide on the entire issue there to get the files from the police etc."
Hon. Wilfred Elrington
"Between you and I, the COLA prosecution was not undertaken by the DPP because she has no faith that it can go anywhere."
As you heard in the interview, Senior Crown Counsel Ramirez will hold over for the first 6 weeks, and then Senior Crown Counsel Linbert Willis will take over for after that for the second 6-week period.
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