President David Granger maintains that the Government Information Agency (GINA) has a responsibility to provide coverage of the opposition.
Granger’s position, which was the same one he had as leader of the opposition, is in direct contrast with what was expressed by the administration’s Director of Public Information Imran Khan. In a February 9 post on his Facebook wall, Khan stated that GINA’s “role is not to cover the opposition. It is to cover the elected government of the day.”
Responding to the question on his weekly Public Interest broadcast, Granger said, “As far as I am concerned the Government Information Services, the Government News Agency must cover all three branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial.” He added, “The people of Guyana have to be better informed, and you cannot inform the people by depriving them of