Whittaker subverted protocol by writing to council’s staff – Mayor

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green speaking at a press conference in the National Library with Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green

Subverting protocol, Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker dispatched a letter to the staff of the Georgetown Municipality inviting them to discuss the way forward in a bid to divide and rule, Mayor Hamilton Green said on Friday.

Speaking at a press conference at the National Library, Green described the action as the “executive lawlessness of a shameless cabal” and called it an unpardonable deed. Whittaker’s letter, he said, contravenes all of the protocols of the municipality and is at the very least disrespectful to the Mayor and duly elected councillors of Georgetown. Attempts to elicit a comment from the minister proved futile.

Lambasting the recent behaviour of the minister as pathetic, Green said that to date Whittaker has issued no word on the