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Apr 26, 2012 News
– Ministers continue to exclude Mayor from meeting with Council
Government Ministers continue to exclude City Mayor, Hamilton Green, from discussions with City Hall’s Senior Officers, even after agreeing to reverse their old trend two months ago.
Only recently the Mayor was briefed that Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker had a scheduled meeting with the City Engineer, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Deputy Mayor on April 16.
Green has written to President Donald Ramotar outlining what he feels is “gross breach of protocol, and an assault on the Mayorship of our Capital City, Georgetown.”
He is requesting a reversal of this situation which began under the Jagdeo regime. The seriousness of this situation could impact on the whole issue of good governance, Green added.
In February, Green met with the Ministers of Local Government, Norman Whittaker and Ganga Persaud, where it was agreed that he would be included in meetings with Senior Officials to discuss matters relating to City Hall.
In the letter Green stated, “As part of an understanding of that meeting the following statement was made by me…It is considered inappropriate and a breach of protocol for the Minister to engage the Council at the level of the Deputy Mayor when the Mayor is available.”
He added, “At that meeting no one questioned the validity of this statement; in fact an undertaking was given to honour the principle as stated…Yet two months on, there is a horrible recurrence of this apparent ministerial hubris.”
The Mayor noted that this behaviour goes beyond Persaud and Whittaker.
He emphasized that Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, wrote the Town Clerk and Deputy Mayor on the appointment of a member to the Fire Advisory Board. The Mayor’s office did not receive a copy.
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