People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Councillors found themselves in the unlikely position of mediators after members of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the 8th of May Movement (8MM) clashed at the first meeting of the new Beterverwag-ting/Triumph Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) last Friday.
NDC Chairman Jimmaul Bagot, of APNU, spent the majority of the meeting defending his decisions in the face of intense criticism from Leticia Stuart, of the 8MM, even as a point of contention which had previously derailed the swearing in of several councillors became a non-issue.
A councillor, who admitted to Stabroek News that he had “no subjects” and recently learnt to sign his name, labouriously read his oath of office and signed instruments confirming his appointment as a duly-elected constituency councillor. His 8MM colleague, Stuart, also took the oath without incident.
