Region Seven Chairman Gordon Bradford’s support of the newly-installed Interim Management Committee (IMC) for Bartica has raised eyebrows in light of APNU’s opposition to it.
APNU won the chairmanship of the gold-mining region in last year’s elections and appointed Bradford as Chairman. An enquiry into the operations of the Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in March by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development saw residents speaking largely in favour of the NDC and calling instead for local government elections. However, two weeks ago the Ministry-
