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Zulfikar’s embarrassing cry reveals how he was ‘favoured’

Aug 09, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am reading that “Another member of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party has sued the APNU+AFC Government over the wrongful termination of his contract.” This gentleman is Zulfikar Mustapha, Executive Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). In a writ filed in the High Court against Attorney General, Basil Williams, Mr. Mustapha is claiming that “he [Mustapha] was the Community Relations Liaison Officer for Region Six, and had a three year contract with the previous government, earning a monthly salary of $356,086.
Further details highlight that the contract commenced from January 30, 2013 and was scheduled to end on January 29, 2016. However, according to Mustapha, on May 29, he received a letter from Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, informing him that his contract was terminated with immediate effect.
The end scenario as far as Mustapha is concerned is that the government owes him in excess of $500,000 in damages for breach of contract. The PPP/C Candidate is thus claiming that his contract was terminated with immediate effect and therefore, he has not been given the three (3) months’ notice to which he is contractually entitled, nor was he permitted to take his vacation in accordance with clause five (5). So he is saying that he is entitled to the three months’ salary in lieu of that notice, and pro-rated pay in lieu of his vacation.
Mr. Editor, there are a few minutiae that are not necessary, and so not to be consumed with minor details, I quickly state that this man’s highlighting of his salary is enough to make good people puke. Honest. His salary is absolutely gigantic-way beyond our teachers and lecturers; way beyond our nurses and high-level health care workers; and I can add a few other classes of employees.
Mr. Mustapha was quick to highlight his now ‘missing money’ but I am wondering why the absence of a ‘list of duties’ and a summary of his qualifications/experience for the post of a Community Relations Liaison Officer for Region Six? I want him to justify his suitability for the position that he was in all likelihood ‘gifted.’
Another thing Mr. Editor, I am all for examining ‘high-end-high-paying’ positions of many, who were inextricably connected to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, during its tenure of 23 years as Government of Guyana. The likes of Mr. Zulfikar Mustapha were too many, and if this ilk (of the favoured and unqualified) must be dealt with, so be it.  This is all about good governance and equality.
Mahase Deodatt

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