Following intense pressure from Georgetown citizens and stakeholders to scrap the controversial parking meter deal, Cabinet yesterday decided to ask City Hall to immediately suspend the project pending a review and modification of the contract.
“Cabinet cannot order City Hall to suspend the contract. The City is separate…what happened is that (Communities) Minister (Ronald) Bulkan will make a recommendation that it be suspended and certain aspects reviewed,” a senior government official told Stabroek News, following Cabinet’s sitting yesterday.
Bulkan yesterday declined to comment on the issue stating that he could neither confirm nor deny that a Cabinet decision was made in relation to the suspension of the controversial contract. He directed this
