Director General of the Ministry of Presidency Joseph Harmon yesterday maintained that the Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge has not been fired.
“After every elections the President has to make a decision on what his cabinet looks like… It is a procedural matter after an election to bring to an end the engagement of all of those persons; be it advisors or be it a minister,” Harmon told reporters yesterday.
He explained that similar letters were prepared for all ministers and advisors but because of the delay in declaring the results of the elections “they were not sent to everyone.” Ostensibly one was also meant to be sent to Harmon.
“This is what you call cleaning the slate and thereafter the persons is invited to a meeting to present their proposal and have open discussion,” he added.
Stabroek News reported last week that Greenidge, who previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and gave up his British citizenship in order to contest the 2020 General and Regional Elections, is no longer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after “receiving a letter” over a month ago.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Karen Cummings informed this
newspaper that the president thanked Greenidge for his service but she does not believe that his name was on “a list” of persons who were asked to serve again, should the APNU+AFC win the 2020 elections.
This newspaper was told that Greenidge was given a letter from government over a month ago and that he was not pleased with its contents and had since then not been seen at his office or the ministry.
However, sources say that he was invited to meet with the President sometime to discuss his role going forward should Granger be re-elected after the current GECOM recount of votes.
Repeated attempts to reach Greenidge since March 11th of this year have all failed with calls and messages to his mobile numbers failing to elicit a response.
