Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters. The PPP/C has declined the offer. Only APNU has submitted a column this week.
The Regional Chairman of the Potaro-Siparuni Region (No. 8) recently wrote to Norman Whittaker, Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development seeking clarification regarding the authority of the Regional Democratic Council and that of its Regional Executive Officer.
Whittaker’s answers are most revealing. They constitute clear evidence
