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Anthony “unaware” of goats being slaughtered at Sports Hall -matter reaches Parliament, Anthony denies knowledge despite reports
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony said that he is unaware that goats were slaughtered at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, despite the widely publicised photograph and story of an eye-witness account that Demerara Waves reported last November.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, Christopher Jones posed the questions to the minister on Thursday in a sitting of the National Assembly.
Christopher Jones
Frank Anthony
Kaieteur Sport had also carried the story, “Cliff Anderson Sports Hall an abattoir” that shows manager of the facility, Basher Khan, among two others, at a table with the carcass of what an eye witness said was goats.
“Speaker, can the minister inform this House whether in addition to Sports, the Cliff Anderson Sports (Hall) Complex can also be used to slaughter goats?” Jones asked. The minister informed that “The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall is used primarily for sports”.
Jones then asked if the minister can inform the House what led to goats being slaughtered at the Sports Hall, but Anthony remained adamant that he is “not aware that goats were slaughtered at the Sports Hall” despite the published evidence of the act.
Anthony stated that he heard there was an article, but he did not read it when pressed with details of the incident in the newspapers. “Honourable Speaker is the minister saying that he is unaware of this incident though it was carried in the Kaieteur News on Wednesday the 6th of November?”, Jones had asked.
“Can minister say what actions he has since taken having heard of the incident?” the Opposition MP continued. Anthony said that “one of the steps that were taken was that the persons there have assured me that none of the goats were slaughtered there”.
Anthony later said that nobody from the ministry granted permission for goats to be slaughtered at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Jones brought the evidence of the vehicle, PGG 9139, that was used to transport the meat off the premises also to Parliament.
“Honourable Speaker, I have checked with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and this vehicle is registered to the National Sports Commission. Can the minister inform this House whether he granted permission for anyone to use the Sport’s Commission’s vehicle to transport goats after they were slaughtered?” Jones asked.
However, House Speaker for day, Bibi Shaddick, in the absence of both the substantive Speaker, Raphael Trotman and Deputy, Deborah Backer, informed Jones that he is reading from an article that “may or may not be accurate” and disallowed the minister’s response.
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