‘I’m not in favour of long acting!’ – Governor John S. Duncan
He was speaking last evening November 5, 2014 on the radio show ‘Straight Talk’ hosted by Donald E. De Castro on ZBVI 780 AM.
“I am uneasy about the situation where we have so many acting appointments. Obviously I am not able to do anything about the previous acting appointments but I think as a general rule we should not encourage people to be acting for a period of more than three months,” he said.
“I did agree to this particular one (Ian B. Penn as acting Chief Immigration Officer) but am uneasy about a general rule where we have a lot of people in acting appointments. It is uncertainty for them. It creates expectations which may not materialize,” said Governor Duncan.
“I think it is fairer to civil servants, to any employee to say ‘this is your job; you are appointed for a fixed term’ but to say ‘this is just an acting appointment; we may or may not give it to you’ is perhaps not the best way to handle the civil service or any employee,” he said.
“So during my tenure here I will not be in favour of many long term acting appointments. Sometimes they are unavoidable and you have to live with it. But as a general rule I think it should be avoided. We should be more decisive…if we think they are the best person for the job we should appoint them. We shouldn’t just give them a year’s trial,” he said.
He said that while the general rule should be three months, it could be up to six months. But he said a year is definitely too long.
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26 Responses to “‘I’m not in favour of long acting!’ – Governor John S. Duncan”
.....exactly....dumb @$$
Exactly my question as well. He's only been here three months and already starting to p..s me off as well as most the general public. You needed to be on a three to six month trial.
If he has an opinion, it is wrong and he should be seen and not heard and keep out of decisions.
If he says nothing, it is wrong and he has been bought by the party in power.
If he's white, he's a racist.
If he's black, he's a downislander.
Good luck with yourselves. Obvious who the real problem is here.