Public service credit union factions differ on if court-ordered meeting held

GPSCCUL Committee of Management Members Ruth Howard (left) Chairperson Karen Vanslutyman-Corbin (centre) and Jermain Hermanstyne (right)

By Antonio Dey

While Chairperson of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union Limited (GPSCCUL) Karen Vanslutyman-Corbin maintains that a court-ordered Special General Meeting (SGM) was convened yesterday at the Critchlow Labour College, Trevor Benn, a member of the committee of management said that this was “disingenuous”.

As the contretemps between the two factions of the credit union continues, Benn told this newspaper yesterday that when he showed up at the location yesterday, the nine-member committee led by Vanslutyman-Corbin was non-compliant with the High Court order by Justice Navindra Singh which stipulated that a meeting be held yesterday.

But Vanslutyman-Corbin told Stabroek News that a meeting was indeed held yesterday which sought the participation of Benn. However, Benn made it clear that what he attended was not a “special general meeting” but a gathering with several members of the credit union who were dissatisfied with its current management.