– calls on minister to set date
As various stakeholders, here and abroad, continue to press for local government elections, a group of young people, all of whom were not old enough to vote during the last such polls in 1994, have decided to add their voices to the endeavour.
“From the bosoms of our hearts and depths of our conscience, we plead with love for our country and respect for our national heritage in urging our Local Government Minister to please set forth the date and process for local government elections,” read a letter captioned ‘Politicians owe an entire generation local gov’t polls’ in the last Sunday Stabroek.
The group was referred to as Blue CAPS by the fourteen signatures affixed to the letter. Blue CAPS, former GCCI President Clinton Urling told
