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GUYANA
REPORT
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OF THE OMBUDSMAN
Mr. Speaker,
I have the honour to submit a report on the work of my office for the year ended 31st December, 1967. This report concerns the first full year of my operations. In respect of the previous seven months' period ended 31st December, 1966, a preliminary report was submitted in 1967. Cases Received
During the year I received 161 complaints. In addition one case was reopened and one brought forward from the pre- vious seven months' period.
Of the 163 cases dealt with,
122 were determined to be outside my jurisdiction,
4 were withdrawn before investigation was completed,
2 were declined under article 53(3) on the grounds that the complainants had a remedy by way of proceedings in a court (one case), and by way of appeal to an inde- pendent and impartial tribunal (one case).
31 were fully investigated, and
4 were still under investigation at the end of the year.
Results in Detail
(a) Cases declined
122 cases were declined as being outside my jurisdic- tion on the following grounds: -
14 under item 2 of the First Schedule to the Constitution
as relating to the investigation of Crime,
5 under item 3 of the First Schedule as concerning mat-
ters relating to the gamencement or conduct of civil. or criminal proceedings in a court, 30 under item 4 of the First Schedule as concerning action taken in respect of appcintments to offices or other employment in the service of the Crown (5 cases) or action taken in relation to any person as the holder or former holder of any such office, employment or ap- pointment (25 cases),
9 under article 53(1) as relating to dissatisfaction with
the decisions of the courts,
5 under article 53(6) as relating to action taken by the Public Service Commission (4 cases) and the Police Service Commission (one case),
43 as concerning private individuals,
2 concerning matters of policy, and
14 under article 53(1) as not relating to matters of Govern- mental administration. Seven of these 14 were against
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