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Nov 17, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
“Oops! We Apologize” just doesn’t cut it. On three separate occasions in a short report you found it possible to insult the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Minister of Local Government. Then you reuse the offending terminologies in your “apology”.  How genuine could this be?
More importantly, however, you made no correction of the report’s incomprehensible reference to the Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) as NODS.  Nor did you correct the epitome of stupidity which appeared in the report viz that on December 7, 2009, there would be a scheduled meeting at which persons with problems relative to their ID cards would have the opportunity to share their concerns and views and make necessary corrections pertaining to their ID cards.
Then there was the great wisdom that “the Local Government Elections Act (whatever that is…, again, it should be simple to get the title of the Act correct) states that elections should be held according to proportional representation in the 352 (??) constituencies for municipal elections and NODS”.
How can a reporter get everything so wrong?  Did the reporter (and editor) not take the time to research the matter before asking questions, the answers to which then became ununderstandable?  The explanation for these lapses, printed in the Kaieteur News’s edition of 14.11.2009, is placed on the “devil”.  What rubbish!  Where was the proof reader?  Where was the Editor?  How could such a rookie reporter be sent on such an important assignment?
No Kaieteur News, “Oops” and the “devil” just do not serve to wash away such gross incompetence and insult to the nation.
Dr. Steve Surujbally
Chairman, GECOM

Editor’s Note: I concede gross carelessness

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