Linden municipality calls on LGC to rescind unilateral appointment of town clerk

Linden’s Mayor Sharma Solomon has expressed the municipality’s disappointment at the Local Government Commission’s (LGC) unilateral appointment of PPP/C activist Lennox Gasper as the new Town Clerk of the municipality without consulting the Linden Town Council. 

Solomon in a press and video statement yesterday said, “The Mayor and Town Council of Linden is deeply concerned and disappointed that the Local Government Commission (LGC) has unilaterally appointed a PPP/C political activist, Mr. Lennox Gasper, as the new Town Clerk of the Municipality of Linden, without following the prescribed process and without the Council’s involvement, consultation or approval.”

Solomon said that this action directly contradicts the Constitution of Guyana, the LGC Act, and the Municipal and District Councils Act. He says that he firmly believes that the LGC’s failure to follow the prescribed process in this appointment is a clear violation of established legal frameworks and undermines the principles of fairness, transparency, and good governance. In the video and press statement, Solomon reminded that Article 75 of the Constitution of Guyana guarantees elected local government officials the power to make decisions.