GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Irfaan Ali, Friday, said that the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, would, at her own request, be proceeding on pre-retirement leave from October 27.
“Today, Madame Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards requested my approval to proceed on pre-retirement leave with effect from Monday, October 27, 2025, and on early retirement. After due consideration, I acceded to this request.”
“I take this opportunity to thank Madame Justice Cummings-Edwards for her long service to the Judiciary and the people of Guyana. I express my personal appreciation for her many years of public service, I wish her God’s blessings and that of the people of Guyana,” President Ali said in a video statement released by the government’s Department of Public Information. (DPI).
Following two months of leave, Justice Cummings returned to her Chambers at the Court of Appeal this week as Chancellor of the Judiciary, where Justice Roxane George had been acting in her stead.
Ali said that Justice Navindra Singh would continue to act as Chief Justice and that he was sworn in earlier this Friday as a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
The opposition People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is on record as expressing concerns about Justice Singh’s political neutrality.
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