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Jul 05, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
Something is certainly amiss and amusing where the renewal of Mr Gocool Boodoo’s contract is concerned. How come his contract was renewed over the years? Was there any Performance Appraisal done prior to his past contract renewals? If not, it is clearly a breach of managerial principles and ethics. As far as we know, Performance Appraisals are done for all his subordinates before their contracts are renewed.
GECOM should let the public know why this was not done, observing that Dr Bud Mangal pointed out this omission. Further, the Chairman of GECOM owes the public an explanation on why he failed to observe good management practices in doing the CEO’s appraisal. Does the Chairman have a hidden agenda? Is he hoping to get the PRO in line for the CEO’s job by just delaying? Would it be better if the Chairman reverts to his animal medicine profession?
On the other hand, why is there no succession planning, training, implementation and audit. If the CEO has reached retirement age, why is it that the DCEO Mr Calvin Benn cannot succeed him? Messers Benn and Lowenfield have more hands-on accumulated experience on election matters than most staff.
Other than that, why is it that lower level staff have to retire at fifty-five while the Senior Staff can work until they die? In the colonial days, when managerial staff are retained after retirement they do not occupy substantive positions. Why is GECOM using contracts to retain retired people in substantive positions, considering that they may be obsolete human stock?
We depend on the Opposition Political Parties and international funding agencies to have some reform of the entire election machinery before local government elections are held.
Hence, let us have an audit of the use of management tools by GECOM. We have had enough of caterwauling in the past.
Edgar Singh
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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