And aside from the case against the ombudsman, the AG's office is also tackling several matters brought to the CCJ by Jerry Enriquezâ š¬"including a new case in which Enriquez is suing the government for leaving the ombudsman's office vacant. Here's what he said about those cases.
Anthony Sylvester, Attorney General
"The redistricting matterâ š¬"so Mr. Enriquez had made three appeals to the CCJ. The written decisions would have been handed down I think about a couple weeks now. He was successful on two and not successful in one of them, so what that means is that the matter now goes back before the Court of Appeal for hearing. Those are what lawyers would refer to as interlocutory applications, meaning they don't deal with the substantive matter. We are in July 2026; that matter was called in February, so a year and months later we still haven't gotten to the substantive matter, which is the question of whether the current boundaries are actually unconstitutional."
Reporter
"Does he have a case as well regarding the ombudsman?"
Anthony Sylvester
"Yes, so that's what we were speaking to. So he has as well brought a claim in which he seeking the court to order the government to appoint an Ombudsman. So as you asked earlier and you indicated earlier, that process already started with respect to the vacancy, and that is a process which is handled by a committee of the National Assemblyâ š¬"that is the Ombudsman Reports Committee, which comprises both government and opposition members."
