Mayor says President’s statements on council disrespectful, insult to separation of powers

Alfred Mentore

Georgetown’s Mayor Alfred Mentore on Monday described President Irfaan Ali’s comment that “waiting on City Council to get works done is hopeless,” as “disrespectful to local democracy and an insult to the separation of powers”.

The mayor underscored the City Council’s perpetual financial plight and the recent government decision to thwart a planned amnesty.

Mentore, who was asked by Stabroek News to comment on the President’s remarks that were made during Ali’s walkabout in the Kingston and Alberttown wards on November 3rd emphasised that he did not have any objection to the President’s involvement in any of the issues that were raised, saying “as the Executive President he can do that.”