The Linden Town Council yesterday brought its protest to the city over what it charged were surreptitious plans by the Local Government Commission (LGC) to appoint a PPP/C activist as Town Clerk.
“We will not allow, the Local Government Commission to conduct a process that is illegitimate as democracy must be respected”, were the words of Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon during a protest outside the office of the LGC in Bel Air Park, Georgetown.
He was joined on the picket lines by elected officials of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC) who objected to a notice it received from the LGC that only one candidate had applied for the post of Town Clerk and would be interviewed.
Solomon and Deputy Mayor Dominic Blair are of the view that this is a scheme by the LGC to appoint PPP/C candidate Lennox Gasper while other candidates who have applied for the position are overlooked.