Burton says landed OLPF job on merit, not politics

Gillian Burton, one of the four persons who recently endorsed the PPP/C, says she got a supervisory job with the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) office as a genuine applicant and not as a political favourite.

“I applied for this job as Verification Officer for OLPF Region Four like any ordinary citizen, did the interview like any ordinary citizen and it is because of my qualifications and nothing else I’m here today,” she told Stabroek News.

The former president of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said that many persons hate her for the decision she has made and she even lost some friends. She however stated that this in