Local gov’t vote needed to ensure accountability for environment

US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt has once again voiced the need for the holding of local government elections, saying it is critical in ensuring that citizens hold officials accountable for a clean and healthy environment.

“Only when people have the ability to elect or reject local officials will they have… that power and that authority to ensure that those who are in charge at the local level support a clean and healthy environment,” Am-bassador Hardt said yesterday, while adding that the garbage situation in the capital