Apr 23, 2021
Magali Marin-Young
While the salaries of public servants will be fixed, the Office of the Attorney General is facing a shortage of legal drafters. Currently, the office has only two, so outsourcing legal drafters is an option the AG Ministry is exploring.
Magali Marin-Young, Attorney General
“I don’t know if it is being lost on the Media, several good governance measures have in fact been enacted. Recently with the pact, the standing orders were amended to allow for a joint committee where the social partners were included. So, that is one measure. The other one is we have sought to impose time limits of the delivery of judgment. That is good governance measure. We have also tabled a Public Contracts Commission Bill – that is another good governance measure. So it is not for want of, it is a priority; we have to get it right. It is just a matter of being under staffed, under strain. But I can also tell you that good governance legislation are