The People’s Progressive Party/Civic – PPP/C – administration is determined to maintain total control of local democratic organs (LDOs) by not convening the Local Government Commission (LGC). The reason for this is to enable the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development to continue to undermine the authority of democratically elected local government bodies.
Norman Whittaker, Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, by not issuing the ‘Commencement Order’ to enable the Local Government Commission (LGC) to come into being and commence functioning, is ensuring that local democratic organs will not be able to function effectively.
This Commission will deal with all matters related to the regulation and staffing of LDOs, in keeping with new constitutional provisions enacted in
