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A call for Harmon to retract comments

Feb 26, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is with sadness and deep concern that I respond to a statement allegedly made by Mr. Joseph Harmon in an exclusive interview with iNews which stated that the recently held town hall meetings were staged and that persons were ‘paid’ to attend or it was a ‘command performance’.
As the Cabinet member who was tasked with this responsibility and from whose office invitations to stakeholders originated, I take serious offence and umbrage at such an unfounded, unsubstantiated and ridiculous allegations.
The APNU, and Mr Harmon in particular as their spokesperson, should be ashamed to utter such confounded nonsense or is it that they paid their supporters to attend to carry out an unknown agenda but their supporters having listened to presentations from members of the Government’s side of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill were convinced of the inappropriateness of the APNU’s position on this matter.
The attendance at these events as far as the government is aware was as a result of stakeholders’ interest in this matter.  We put out public notices and contacted stakeholder organization and extended invitations by telephone.  There was no “command performance”, no one was paid, no one was promised anything, people attended on their own volition.
The town hall meetings were held in Linden, New Amsterdam, and Bartica, areas that cannot be easily identified as PPP/C strongholds, yet there were large turnouts and known PNC activists were in attendance.
All were welcome, all were given a chance to speak.  None supported APNU’s amendments.
All asked that the Bill be passed and that we meet the February 28 deadline.  It is clear that the APNU is not even willing to listen to their own supporters who voted for them.  This is the truth.  No spin doctoring by anyone can change this.
I call on Mr. Harmon and the APNU to withdraw this ludicrous statement.
Hon. Bishop Juan A. Edghill, MP

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