The Guyana Trades Union Con-gress (GTUC) yesterday called the government’s withdrawal from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project an affront to democracy.
Condemning the government’s action, the GTUC in a press statement issued yesterday said it was attempting “to distract this nation”. The union umbrella body said the government through its withdrawal from the project was refusing to pursue a path of meaningful democratic strengthening measures as proposed by the project.
“The outright distortion attempted by Dr [Roger] Luncheon and exposed by the US Ambassador is shameless, but