New acting Town Clerk dismisses protests over appointment

Carol Sooba, who has been appointed by the Local Government Ministry to act as the Georgetown municipality’s Town Clerk, is rejecting criticism by members of the City Council and staff of City Hall of her appointment, including the claim that she is unqualified to hold the post.

“I have to reject them but I am not going to justify myself to anybody,” Sooba said during a brief telephone interview with Stabroek News.

Her appointment last week was met with a protest from the