| After being barred from speaking at Regional meetings several months ago, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Councilor, Kathlene Armstrong, yesterday presented a written apology to Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Three, Donald Gajraj.The letter which was read out by the REO stated that the Councilor was sorry for talking about the rude and dismissive behaviour of the Regional head. Opposition Councilors representing Alliance for Change (AFC) and APNU had for some time been complaining about the alleged obnoxious behavior and disrespect meted out to them by the REO who continued to tell Opposition Councilors to “shut up and sit down” every time they wished to highlight issues plaguingA section of those protesting the Region Three office.the various areas they represented in that region.Armstrong was ordered to remain silent and would thus be unable to bring the plight of her area to the meeting if she did not present the apology. After two months of being silent, the APNU Councilor finally presented the written apology.Other Opposition members had however expressed their disapproval and disgust with the action of the Regional Chairman and had called for an intervention into the matter after claiming that the Region’s business was going nowhere because of the behaviour of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) representative.When the Region’s monthly meeting convened yesterday several persons picketed the Regional office for the repair of the Parika Backdam Road. According to AFC Councilor Harry Narine Deokinanan who also uses the road to access his home and his farmland, numerous reports had been made to the Regional Chairman pertaining to the road but to no avail.He said that for the past three months he had been highlighting the immediate need to repair the road which is used by the almost 800 residents living in the area. He said that the Chairman would however dismiss the matter or put it off.Deokinanan said that the residents, fed up with the condition of the road, decided to protest the matter in a bid to get it repaired. The AFC Councilor said at yesterday’s meeting that he highlighted the matter and was told that the Region needed to wait for the budget for funds to be allocated for the road.The Councilor continued that on Tuesday three vehicles, including his own which was transporting persons out of the area,Cheap Jeseys NFL, got damaged due to the deplorable state of the road. In one case, he said, the front wheel of a vehicle fell off after the vehicles ball joint got damaged. A spring for his vehicle, he said, was also damaged.Taking the spring as evidence to the Regional Chairman, Deokinanan said that the Chairman ordered that he get out of the meeting after asking,Cheap NFL Jerseys, why he had brought a weapon into the room. After responding that the instrument was not a weapon, but was a part of his vehicle, the chairman,Wholesale NBA Jerseys Authentic, Deokinanan said,NFL Jerseys China, responded that it was a metal that could be used as a weapon.He thus ordered that the spring be taken out of the room.The Councilor however,Cheap Jerseys, noted that the Parika Backdam Road has to be leveled every three months, while the potholes are filled with builders’ waste as part of the maintenance process. This, he said, has not been done and due to rainfall the road is almost impassable.Private persons have to use their vehicles to aid those traversing the thoroughfare; especially the school children. Protestors said that much of the produce destined for Bourda Market,NFL Jerseys Outlet, especially cash crop and provision comes from the Parika area.They argued that a better road is needed. Some 90 percent of the villagers depend on farming for their livelihood.The Regional Chairman reportedly engaged the protestors and promised to visit the area today. He also promised to intervene in whatever way possible to effect repairs to the road. |
