Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson has refused to deal with correspondence that does not address him by all his titles, according to Executive Director of the non-governmental organization Justice Institute Guyana, Melinda Janki, who believes that this is an abuse of his office, and she has called for his resignation.
In a statement, Janki said that Ramson is failing to carry out his statutory duties as the Commissioner of Information. “The Access to Information Act 2011 guarantees to the people of Guyana the right to obtain documents which are held by public authorities. On 3rd September I wrote to Mr Ramson following the procedure set out in the Access to Information Act 2011. Mr Ramson has objected to the way the envelope was addressed. This insistence on irrelevant considerations is an abuse of the power given
