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Nov 22, 2015 Letters
Dear Editor,
With reference to an article carried in another newspaper bearing the caption, “Region 3 Chairman protests REO’s dictatorship,” kindly permit me a space in your letter column to refute the inaccuracies carried in that newspaper. To begin with, the article’s first line quote, “Chairman of Region Three (Essequibo Islands West Demerara), Julius Faerber, along with a number of supporters staged a peaceful picketing exercise……. actions of the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dennis Jaikaran,” is very much misleading and most unbecoming of a reporter. Reading that line, one is forced to believe that a lot of support was given to the Regional Chairman’s claim when in actuality there were 14 persons protesting with the Regional Chairman inclusive. What was most appalling about that protest which I personally witnessed, is the fact that even though the region is a strong hold of the PPP , the chairman was unable to muster supporters in their numbers. My only assumption is that the PPP is also fed up with the Regional Chairman.
Secondly, in the said article, the Regional Chairman said that the REO had reduced his fuel from 10 gallons per day to 5 gallons per day. He further went on to say that while on his outreaches the gas would normally run out.
The reporter should have sought a comment from the REO. Unfortunately she did not. This was unprofessional journalism and I am sure experts in journalism would agree with me. The REO said to me openly that he was prepared to justify his decision. Editor, shocking in the article, was the absence of any mentioning that there was a counter-protest held by government supporters. Even though the number of protesters on the government side out numbered that of the PPP regional chairman there was no mention of what Mrs. Armstrong – the elected regional councilor on the government side said.
Again unprofessional journalism displayed by this newspaper. Notwithstanding the above, having closely analyzed both sides on the protest ground, it is my opinion that the Regional Chairman is upset over the accountability measures being put in place by the REO and the government side is embracing real transparency in a true democracy.
Ganesh Mahipaul
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