Latest update December 4th, 2024 2:40 AM
The Town Clerk is strutting
Dear Editor,
Since the year began, there has been a buzz about the likelihood of Local Government Elections being held again in 2018, which would give the indication that local democracy is alive and well.
Well I can’t speak eruditely for the other Municipalities or towns and the 65 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) that have been established in Guyana, but for our capital city Georgetown, I wish to state clearly, that having any such election would be a complete waste of time and money if the Town Clerk and his cohorts in the administration remain at their desks.
This individual has shown nothing but contempt for the Councillors individually and collectively, he has shown disregard for the Minister and Ministry of Communities, he has shown scant regard for cabinet and central government and little respect for the Courts of Guyana.
This present Council has wasted its time and energy having meetings and making decisions for two years now, decisions that this gentleman has honoured in the breach almost every time.
After the next elections, the new Councillors would be made to take over a municipality whose books are still to be audited, a municipality that continues to provide guards, gardeners etc. to a former Mayor, though the Council is supposed to be cash strapped, a Council that owes GPL well over a billion dollars, the Guyana Revenue Authority and National Insurance Scheme hundreds of millions of dollars with an administration that doesn’t care less when they will honour their debts and indeed continues to incur much more with each passing day.
They will inherit a City Council that is bursting at its seams with super salaried employees who are sons, daughters and other relatives, friends, church pals, and paramours of senior officers. They will receive a municipality with the worst accounting system in the world.
They will realize that they are mere rubber stamps, as the Town Clerk struts around with his chest in the air going about doing as he wishes, paying them no mind, undertaking such projects such as building two storied attachments to the Stabroek Market, building presidential parks and petting zoos etc. without their knowledge or permission.
Sincerely,
Modi Sankar
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