Office of the President (OP) Press and Publicity Officer Kwame Mc Coy called in a security officer during yesterday’s weekly post-cabinet press briefing, after an intense verbal exchange between a reporter and members of the head table.
McCoy was at the time moderating the briefing at which Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon and Education Minister Shaik Baksh made presentations. OP, in a statement issued last evening, said that the security personnel was summoned as a precautionary measure after Kaieteur News reporter Neil Marks “took it upon himself to be obstructive, rude and overtly antagonistic” in his questions. Marks was questioning Baksh about the Education Ministry’s acquisition of computers.
“After several warnings on no less than five occasions, Mr. Marks’ behavior did not abate and the security personnel was summoned as a
