Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday condemned state TV NCN’s ban of this year’s calypso competition offerings and the Region Ten administration plans to “seek redress” for those whose songs have been shunned to “ensure it does not happen again,” Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon said.
Solomon told Stabroek News that the fact that the reigning monarch Lester ‘De Professor’ Charles – whose song was among the ten banned and whose lyrics apparently triggered the move – is from Region 10, the region would become involved as it has a duty “to protect our residents and we are prepared to do that.”
While there has been no official word from NCN on the issue,