British Virgin Islands: Edmund Maduro, the talk show host of ‘BVI Forums’ said 
that the present Complaints Commissioner “is a waste of time”, according to a report on the BVInews.com.
Elton Georges, the Complaints Commissioner, holds a public office created by the Virgin Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2000. The Commissioner is entirely independent in function, subject to the restrictions laid down in the Complaints Commissioner Act, 2003, and acts impartially to investigate complaints or situations pertaining to public administration and public services brought to his attention. Services are free to the complainant and confidential.
The investigation is being carried out pursuant to section 4(2)(b) of the Complaints Commissioner Act, 2003, which enables the commissioner to investigate any matter into which he considers that he ought to look “on the ground that some person or body of persons may have suffered an injustice as a result of maladministration”, according to the BVInews.com report. It must be remembered that there can be no finding of maladministration or otherwise until the investigation is done.
Maduro made the comment in response to a caller who suggested that the Complaints Commissioner be sought in relation to various labour-related matters.
BVInews.com said that Maduro opined his dissatisfaction with the Complaints Commissioner by stating, “He is a waste of time. I am not going anywhere to say it, and I saying he is a waste of time. You need to have somebody who will get up off their seat and go to the Labour Department and find out why this person is being treated like that; he is going to sit in his office and write a letter. You need people who are going to be working for the people.”
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