City Hall has endorsed the ultimatum by Opposition Leader David Granger to have President Donald Ramotar name a date for local government polls and plans to hold a ‘day of reckoning’ next week to express its disgust with the state of affairs in the municipality.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Mayor Hamilton Green said, “The situation has become so absurd that the councillors and many persons of civil society… will next week see a day of reckoning.” He continued, “The government seems unwilling to deal with the situation at City Hall and we want to make it public that this council supports Mr Granger’s demands…, that a clear statement be given by the Ramotar administration about the non-holding of local government elections.”
He added that local government is vital because it allows ordinary people to
