Inaccuracies, misinformation and misleading the public

Aug 29, 2012 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
It is with great dissatisfaction and regret that once again I have to point out inaccuracies and misinformation carried in the Kaieteur News.
The article captioned in the Tuesday 28 August 2012 edition at page 16 “APNU signs off on NCN ‘corruption’ debates: Challenges Irfaan Ali statement on CJIA expansion”. The second paragraph of the article reads:
Joseph Harmon, a Member of Parliament for APNU, has sought to challenge Minister Irfaan Ali, who on Sunday’s programme stated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had advised that there is need for an Environmental Impact Assessment for the expansion project for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
I wish to clarify that I never made any comment, whether directly or indirectly, on the issue of whether an Environmental Impact Assessment was done or that the Environmental Protection Agency advised that there was no need for such an assessment. If one were to look back at the recording, one would find that at no time did I make such comment.
To attribute this comment to me, Mr Joseph Harmon, and by extension the APNU is once again seeking to mislead the public.
I wish to restate that the government remains committed to developing a relocation plan for the residents living in the proximity of the CJIA since where these persons are living presents a great danger to their safety and wellbeing. The government is engaging this community and we have never been irresponsible to displace people without having regard to their livelihood.
Minister Robeson Benn and I have raised this issue at the Cabinet level and there is a strategy and relocation plan that we are going to rework to take back to the residents of this community. We have been in continuous dialogue and discussion in working to formulate a relocation plan which we are hoping the residents would take ownership of. We believe that the residents must take ownership of this relocation plan for it to be successful. Moreover, over the years numerous notices have been issued to the residents living in this community.
I have attached copies of notices that were sent to the residents of this community and other documents to verify that the Government has been engaging the community in an effort to relocate the residents in a manner that is amicable and in keeping with their socio-economic wellbeing.
Mohamed Irfaan Ali

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