“I have never heard of this before, never come across this where the party is being advertised by the Government,” said Reginald Dumas, a former head of mission.
Dumas said that the fact that such a notice can be sent out in 2009 in a so-called democratic society was as “amazing” as it was worrying as it represents “a conflation of government and party” and raises the question of what happens if a public servant does not follow the suggestion contained in the notice.
“This notice is going out to heads of missions. I was a head of mission and I never had something like this,” he said.
