The government yesterday confirmed weekly meetings between Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and state media heads but said no complaint of intimidation or interference has been made by the board or management of any state media to his office.
In a statement following a complaint by the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to President David Granger about political interference in the work of the state media, the government yesterday sought to downplay concerns that the continuing interventions, particularly by Nagamootoo and Director of Public Information Imran Khan, amounted to intimidation.
“The Government of Guyana strongly refutes that the state media personnel are intimidated during the Prime Minister’s weekly meetings. The Office of the Prime Minister has received no complaints from the Board of Directors or management of any state media entity of intimidation or interference.