Acting DPP gets extension

Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Claudette Thompson has been granted a six months' extension in the job.

The extension was approved by the Public Service Commission and took effect on Tuesday, Thompson confirmed on Thursday.

Thompson's substantive position is senior deputy DPP.

She was appointed to act as the country's top prosecutor on April 22 this year after then incumbent Paula Llewellyn stepped away because of "ambiguity" over a constitutional court ruling.

The Constitutional Court ruled in April that an amendment to the Constitution that purportedly allowed Llewellyn to elect to remain on the job was null and void and of no legal effect.

A ruling by the Court of Appeal clarifying the issue is expected soon.

- Livern Barrett

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