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\"\"Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced the dismissal of Minister of Justice Herbert Volney, accusing him of \u201cserious misrepresentation\u201d to the Cabinet in relation to a note in which he requested the early proclamation approval of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act on August 9.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said she had decided to take this course of action after holding a meeting \u2013 and receiving a written report and notes from Chief Justice (CJ) Ivor Archie, as well as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC on Wednesday, in the course of conducting her own inquiry into representations made by Volney to the Cabinet on August 9 that he had consulted both men on the early proclamation of Section 34.<\/p>\n

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