Opposition leader David Granger yesterday announced plans for public protests to press demands for the holding of long delayed local government polls, following President Donald Ramotar’s failure to act on a request to set a date for them.
Granger made the announcement in an address to the nation last evening, in which he also demanded that Ramotar issue the commencement order to operationalise the Local Government Commission after a year-long delay and that he initiate a process by which the Local Government (Amendment) Bill—intended to strip ministerial control over local authorities—could be returned for assent.
“We have called on the president to simply set the date on which local government elections will be held. He has not done so. We have therefore embarked on a
