The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday staged a protest in front of the Homestretch Avenue offices of the National Communications Network (NCN) over its refusal to broadcast a “development ad” by party councillor Michael Carrington.
However, NCN Programme Manager Martin Goolsarran later said the party’s charges were “baseless” and he explained that the ad was not accepted because of its poor quality. He also responded to continuing charges about a government-instructed policy of refusing state media access to parliamentary opposition parties, saying that no such policy exists.
At midday yesterday, AFC Presidential Candidate Khemraj Ramjattan and the party’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Sheila Holder led the small