Local Gov’t Commission trying to manoeuvre PPP/C candidate into town clerk post

Lennox Gasper

The Linden Town Council yesterday raised objections to a notice it received from the Local Government Commission (LGC) that only one candidate had applied for the post of Town Clerk and would be interviewed, saying it believed that a plan was in play to appoint PPP/C candidate Lennox Gasper.

The council said that it knew of six applicants and believed that the lone person referred to by the LGC was Gasper.

Gasper had been unilaterally appointed and earlier this month the LGC said that he had been removed, following objections by the council. But only last week the council again highlighted that Gasper was still on the job and that they would consider litigation against the LGC to remove him.