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PR firm says PPP/C allegations of bias are unfounded

Nov 25, 2011 News

 

 

“Tagman CEO, Alex Graham, has provided services to the PPP/C government free of charge upon request…”

The management of prominent local Public Relations firm, Tagman, said yesterday that the entity is a  professional media firm, which has a constitutional right to work for whomever so requests without discrimination based on politics.
The firm expressed surprise at a statement from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic which accused it of being a partisan public relations outfit.
This is in light of the company being contracted by the Guyana elections commission to operate its media centre for the upcoming general elections.
The PPP/C’s main contention is the fact that Tagman had done public relations work for A Partnership for National Unity, APNU, one of the contesting parties for the elections.
The public Relations Firm in a statement issued yesterday admitted that it has developed some products for the APNU and is also in the process of setting up the GECOM Media Centre.
According  to Tagman, this is the third consecutive election where it has been asked to produce products by opposition parties and run the GECOM Media Centre.
“In both of the previous instances, though we worked for opposition parties and ran the Media Centre for the elections results, the PPP/C’s winning of those elections is convincing proof that Tagman has no influence or interaction with the counting or arrival of the results announced in the Media Centre,” the Tagman statement said.
Announcements are made by the Chief Elections Officer, press conferences are conducted by the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and the results displayed are handled by a third party contractor who graphically displays results that are securely delivered by and from the GECOM Data Centre.
The Public Relations firm said that it merely provides a service that is professionally delivered to whoever wishes to purchase its services.
“For example, in 1997 we provided design services for the PPP/C, the TUF, and the PNC/R. Since then we have never been asked by the PPP/C to provide services but we would today if we are asked. We are in fact concerned that for elections in Guyana the PPP/C produced campaign products using foreign companies or personnel when we have talented professionals who are home grown and good.”
The firm said that it is untrue that Tagman is the company providing services to GECOM for its Public Education Campaign as suggested in press reports.
The firm said that the last time it did work for GECOM was in connection with public education in the run up to the 2001 elections.
According to Tagman, while it has the most experience in the country doing Voter Education, it was not invited by GECOM to do so for this year’s election.
“We would have loved the opportunity to do so since we believe we can do a better job than is being done now.”
Tagman said that it is also untrue that it is the APNU’s Public Relations firm.
We, as an agency, have been asked to develop some products and to make some media placements for the APNU, and that is as far as that goes.
In this regard, Tagman said that charges of bias are unfounded since the firm has provided services for the PPP/C government in a professional manner for over 16 years, including work for the Office of The President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, and most recently, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security.
“Tagman CEO, Alex Graham, has provided services to the PPP/C government free of charge upon request, the most recent being to anchor telethons and conduct interviews on NCN in response to the Haiti crisis. None of the government ministers on those programmes can cite any disrespect or bias in the execution of those services,” the statement said.

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