Ombudsman presents annual report to National Assembly Speaker |26 February 2021

The handover ceremony

Nichole Tirant-Ghérardi has presented a copy of the annual report of the Ombudsman for the year 2020 entitled ‘The Ombudsman – A Fourth Arm of the State’ to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Roger Mancienne accompanied by Deputy Speaker, Honourable Gervais Henrie.

This was during a meeting yesterday afternoon.

This act was done as part of her Constitutional duty and is stated in Article 143 (6) which dictates that ‘The Ombudsman shall not later than the thirty-first January in each year make a general report to the National Assembly with a copy to the President on the exercise of the functions of the Ombudsman under this Constitution during the previous year.’ The conveying of this report was delayed this year because of the current Covid-19 situation in the country.

Mrs Tirant-Ghérardi mentioned that this was in fact the first time since she took office in 2017 that she has had the honour of being able to present the report to the speaker directly. The Ombudsman also took this opportunity to share some of her views and concerns which are linked to her office with the speaker and explained that the report has all the matters which she believes are worth taking note of.

Speaker Mancienne thanked Mrs Tirant-Ghérardi for her work, for presenting this document to the National Assembly and wished her well for the year ahead.

Press release from the National Assembly