Media workers still without press passes

May 08, 2018 News

It is the fifth month of the year and media workers are without press passes.
Yesterday, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) said it would like to set the record straight about the issuance of media passes.
“The GPA met with the Department of Public Information’s Director Imran Khan on January 30th, 2018 where among other issues the two groups discussed the issuance of media passes. There, the GPA raised its concerns about the misuse of media passes over the years by the politically headed organisation and Mr Khan pointed out that DPI was not “comfortable” with the issuance of media passes.”
The GPA said that it has always believed that the body should issue media passes to bona fide members of the media and submitted a legal agreement for the “Accreditation of Media Workers” on February 11th, 2018 to guide the process.
“Since then, there was no formal acknowledgement or response to our submission.”
Several GPA executives sought to verbally ascertain the status of the agreement.
“We were told that the agreement was with then Acting Prime Minister, Vice President Carl Greenidge and then at one time the agreement is with Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo.”
Another written inquiry sent on April 16th, 2018 about the status of this agreement has gone unanswered, GPA explained.
“It is now May 2018 and our members and colleagues are without legitimate media passes for the year. The GPA stands ready to discuss accreditation in the new year with clear commitments to respecting time and this profession.”

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