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AFC denies role in discontinuation of columns at Chronicle

Mar 29, 2018 News

The Alliance For Change yesterday said it is restating its publicly known solemn and unwavering commitment to press freedom for which it struggled since its formation.
“The party acknowledges that Dr. David Hinds is hurt and concerned about recent events relating to the discontinuation of his column in the Chronicle Newspaper. However, the situation unfolding as it did, cannot form the basis for purveying false accusations against the party.”
The AFC, which is the smaller faction of the Coalition Government said it is vehemently refuting allegations that it must bear responsibility for the discontinuation of the columns in question.
“The AFC embraces the tenets of responsible journalism, analysis, critique and commentary and defends every citizen’s right to freedom of speech but this freedom must be counterweighed with the attendant responsibility of propagating credible information and specifically not to disseminate falsehoods or fake news,” a statement said last evening.
“The party reminds that though the Guyana National Newspapers Limited falls within the purview of the Office of the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has been out of Guyana for almost two months recovering from a medical procedure and neither him nor the Office of the Prime Minister had any involvement whatsoever in the decision.”
At no time was the AFC involved in, or consulted, on any decision with regard to the status of Dr. Hinds’ column or any other for that matter, nor did any party executive issue any instructions or directive on this matter, the party said.
“There was no need or requirement to. The AFC’s position remains consistent with the party’s liberal democratic philosophy.”
The Chronicle and its Board are under fire after the Editor-in-Chief, Nigel Williams, took it upon himself to end the columns of Dr. David Hinds, an activist and Lincoln Lewis, a union official.
Both were critical of the government.
Both believed that the decisions were political in their origins.
This week, four members of the board resigned in protests of the decisions.
The Board had stood by the decision of Williams.

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