The Guyana Media Proprietors Association is calling for a reversal of the allocation of radio licences, while the Guyana Press Association is disturbed that the distribution of the frequencies was weighed in favour of friends of the governing party.
And Alliance for Change Member of Parliament Cathy Hughes said government might have circumvented the Broadcast Act by distributing licences before the Act was signed into law.
In a terse statement issued yesterday, the Guyana Media Proprietors Association called for the “lawlessness” to end.
“The Guyana Media Proprietors Association is appalled by the revelations in the National Assembly on the recent allocation of radio licences. It is calling for a reversal of this lawlessness,” the statement said. “It flies in the face of freedom of expression.