Figueira slams Ramson Jnr, for political intervention in affairs of sports associations

Jermaine Figueira

Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira, has accused the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport of abusing state resources and of political intervention in the affairs of sports associations/federations.

In a statement sent to this newspaper, Figueira, who also functions as Shadow Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, said that a press release from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Press Statement dated 6th December, was an affront to, and makes a mockery of democracy and violates international conventions which are based on governments’ non-intervention in sport.

Figueira, in the release, also criticized the actions of Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., and said that the PPP/C administration was using state resources to dominate and control sport organisations in Guyana.