| ….says body is illegal and unconstitutionalBy Leon SuseranA team from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) descended on Corriverton on Friday and handed to the Town Clerk of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Narendra Sookram, a Petition signed by over 600 persons of Corriverton calling for the removal of the body (IMC).The team comprised Mr. Ronald Bulkan, former Corriverton Councilor; Ms Agnes Mac Donald, Everette Harewood,Cheap Jerseys, Verna Lyken, Jagdip Persaud, Fitz O’ Brien and Dr. Rishee Thakur of the APNU Secretariat.Ms. Agnes Macdonald Reading the Petition to the Town Clerk, Narendra Sookram, before handing over documents.APNU Corriverton office has also issued a statement calling on the government to disband the IMC, referring to it as an illegally-constituted body. APNU’s Ronald Bulkan stated that the party is highly dissatisfied with the manner in which Corriverton Mayor,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Roy Baijnauth, was ousted from office of Mayor in which position he served for nearly two decades.Baijnauth had revealed that neither he nor his seven councilors of the Corriverton Municipality ever received a formal notification or correspondence from the Local Government Minister or Ministry with valid signatures, informing them of the termination of their [the mayor and his councilors’] services in the town.Baijnauth showed Kaieteur News two faxes which were sent to his office and received by the Town Clerk a few weeks ago ‘informing them that an Interim Management Committee (IMC) had been formed to replace the council.The faxes both titled ‘Public Notice’ bore no signatures and were not addressed to anyone in particular from the Corriverton M&TC, not even the Mayor. It has been revealed that an investigation and inquiry into the affairs of the M&TC were carried out a few months ago and it was alleged that the findings were damning, hence the move to formulate an IMC to manage the border- town’s affairs.Bulkan stated that other than the manner in which Baijnauth and his councilors were ousted, the party has unearthed several other illegalities allegedly perpetrated by the Ministry of Local Government and intends to actively pursue them.Bulkan stated, too, that the former Corriverton M&TC was performing their duties normally and held statutory meetings. “No meetings were missed; the sub committees of the council were functioning and meeting. There was no public call for the disbanding of the M&TC”.He said that “what citizens have been denied since 1993 to do was to elect their own councils, so the point has been made before and is being made again that we don’t deny that indeed, the life of these councils needs renewal but the fault for that not happening is not the fault of the council itself, rather,Cheap Soccer Jerseys For Sale, the government to hold Local Government elections”.Bulkan said that what the Local Government Ministry is doing is “violence to the constitution and citizens of this country,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, so it is acts of provocation which will not lead anywhere beneficial or assist in creating social stability and social cohesion that we badly need”.The political opposition,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, APNU and AFC, have been playing “a very mature and responsible role but there is a limit to how much provocation you can visit upon stakeholders, because we run the danger that we will lose face with our constituents and supporters if we are seen to be silent in the face of these acts of indecency and vulgarity”.At the last tripartite talks, he said, a commitment was given by President Donald Ramotar to APNU “when our representatives highlighted the acts of illegality, the dismantling of the NDC’s that were taking place. The President gave a commitment that they will stop that campaign”.He said that the members of the current Corriverton IMC were “selected and hand- picked” and now is not the time for that. The citizens,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, he said,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, should have been given the opportunity to do so.When contacted on the recent move by APNU, Minister Ganga Persaud said that it is illegal for Bulkan and APNU to go in Corriverton and “threaten the town clerk and deem anything illegal”. |
