{"id":14603,"date":"2023-12-19T21:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14603"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:12:17","slug":"opposition-councilors-absent-from-linden-mayor-and-town-councils-statutory-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/opposition-councilors-absent-from-linden-mayor-and-town-councils-statutory-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Councilors Absent from Linden Mayor and Town Council&#8217;s Statutory Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a notable absence, opposition councilors failed to attend a scheduled statutory meeting of the Mayor and Town Council (LM&amp;TC) of Linden, causing its cancellation, according to Town Clerk Lennox Gasper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gasper expressed frustration, accusing the city councilors of playing politics and emphasizing that their primary responsibility is to the people of Linden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the established law designating the first Wednesday of each month for the council&#8217;s statutory meeting, Gasper stressed the importance of ensuring the town&#8217;s business does not come to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town clerk highlighted pending building plans awaiting approval, seeking advice from the commission and asserting his right to approve those plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the reason for the opposition councilors&#8217; absence remains unclear, Mayor Sharma Solomon, in November, called for Gasper&#8217;s appointment as town clerk to be rescinded, considering it a unilateral decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only People&#8217;s Progressive Party councillors were present for the statutory meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilor Ryan Richards expressed disappointment, emphasizing the need for the town&#8217;s business to continue and pointing out the lack of meetings in various committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilor Sancha Halley criticized the absence, deeming it a clear indication of a lack of objective and responsible leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed the need for unity during a time when national solidarity is crucial, deeming the situation counterproductive to the people of Linden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains uncertain whether the statutory meeting will be rescheduled for a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a notable absence, opposition councilors failed to attend a scheduled statutory meeting of the Mayor and Town Council (LM&amp;TC) of Linden, causing its cancellation, according to Town Clerk Lennox&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14605,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14603\/revisions\/14605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}