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GHRA objects to City Hall’s ‘name and shame’ campaign

Oct 19, 2015 News

Litter-bugs are finding themselves in an unflattering light on social media, thanks to Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s vigorous campaign to restore Georgetown’s long-lost Garden City image.
According to M&CC Public Relations Officer Debra Lewis, persons caught littering will have their photos taken and their names circulated to the media. They will also face prosecution.
Lewis said that in the next few weeks, M&CC personnel will be policing the city regularly while targeting defaulters.
The litter-bugs are liable to pay the maximum $10,000 fine. Lewis has said that no one will be excluded from the campaign, since every citizen is responsible for maintaining a clean environment.
“We are holding every person accountable, especially those in the business community,”
In addition to the ‘Name and Shame’ campaign, the M&CC will organize community talks to raise awareness about littering.
“The Council has been working assiduously to ensure that Georgetown  is restored to its former glory as the Garden City … It is taking a lot of time and resources, and the Council has persons volunteering each week, through the Green Volunteer Corps.”
According to Lewis, many persons have welcomed the campaign, and have expressed their approval via social media websites.
But not everyone is happy with this campaign.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) called on the media and government to desist from supporting what it described as “the latest example of high-handedness” at City Hall.
It sees the campaign as being just another form of harassment of citizens.
“For years the sight of City officials indulging in slanging matches, confrontations and ‘busing’ as the routine way of doing Council business has become a standard feature of the evening news,” the human rights organization stated.
As such, the GHRA calls on the relevant political authority, the Magistrates and the media to discourage what appears to be another discriminatory and ill-judged campaign from City Hall.
“Furthermore, we believe the media should desist from supporting this type of campaign and apologise for having already published lists of names provided by the Council,” GHRA said.

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