A slamming for the police commissioner from justice Frank Seepersad, over the delay in considering an application for a firearm users license.

A Tobago businessman made the application.

Justice Seepersad yesterday said, it is simply outrageous that a sitting police commissioner would say, she has a lot of work to do, hence the seven-year delay.

In a stinging attack, the judge said, aspirants of high office should not allow its allure to distract them from the obligations, that such offices impose.

He said, it is imperative that those aspirants are fit for purpose, equipped and capable of addressing with sound judgment and alacrity, the many obligations, which the offices impose.

The judge made the comments while declaring that, Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher’s failure and continuous delay, in deciding whether to grant or deny an F.U.L. application by a Tobago businessman

The businessman is, Pheon Solomon

He brought the judicial review claim, having not received the F.U.L close to seven years after he first applied.

Among the arguments put forward by the attorneys representing the police commissioner, was that the volume of work she had before her.