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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27.
"THERE IS ALREADY A WELL
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AND COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM FOR REDRESSING THE GRIEVANCES FELT BY THE PUBLIC ARISING FROM ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY, PARTIALLY ELECTED LEGISLATURE AND A RANGE OF OTHER CHANNELS.
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"OMELCO IS ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED AS THE FOCUS FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL TYPES.
"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRA· COMPLAINTS HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS AND INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING CHANNELS FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.'
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMISSIONER HAD A WIDE RANGE OF POWERS TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS AGAINST MALADMINISTRATION ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT.
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THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS SECRETARY HAD TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE INDEPENDENT, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO CARRY OUT DUTIES SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
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HE WOULD ALSO HAVE ALMOST UNLIMITED ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FILES, HAVE POWERS OF ENTRY INTO GOVERNMENT PREMISES, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT MEANS WITH WHICH TO ENSURE THAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS WERE HEARD ACTED UPON.
"IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE THAT THE COMMISSIONER SUCCEEDS IN HIS ENDEAVOURS, CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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MR GARCIA WILL VISIT THE UK AND SWEDEN EARLY NEXT ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE LIK PARLIAMENT ~~ COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION AND THE SWEDISH OMBUDSMAN.
FOLLOWING ARE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR GARCIA:
MR GARCIA, 64, JOINED GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN 1939 AND HAS SERVED AS USHER TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS BEFORE
HE WAD! GRANTED A SCHOLARSHIP TO READ FOR THE BAR IN LONDON AND CALLED AT MIDDLE TEMPLE IN 1957.
HE LATER SERVED IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT UNTIL 1959 WHEN HE SECONDED TO THE JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE. HE WAS APPOINTED PERMANE MAGISTRATE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN FEBRUARY 1952 PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE THE FOLLOWING MONTH. IN 1971, HE WAS APPOIN TO THE DISTRICT COURT BENCH AND IN 1979, A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.
/IN 1984