{"id":17354,"date":"2024-03-16T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17354"},"modified":"2024-03-16T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T20:05:46","slug":"gpsccu-faces-leadership-dispute-as-current-and-past-leaders-clash-over-election-legitimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gpsccu-faces-leadership-dispute-as-current-and-past-leaders-clash-over-election-legitimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"GPSCCU Faces Leadership Dispute as Current and Past Leaders Clash Over Election Legitimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Gillis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions ran high at the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) as current and past leaders engaged in a heated dispute over the legitimacy of recent elections, sparking chaos in the boardroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversy arose following elections held on Saturday, with newly elected members seeking to convene and elect individuals for the new Executive Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the outgoing management committee vehemently protested the meeting, alleging irregularities in the election process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has been briefed on the matter and has pledged to investigate further, underscoring the importance of protecting the union&#8217;s members amidst the ongoing turmoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Mentore, vice-chairman of the newly elected committee, condemned the disruptive behavior of the outgoing committee members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted instances of personal assault, disorderly conduct, and the obstruction of members from conducting business during the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentore emphasized the impact on members, citing the case of an individual from Mabaruma who traveled to attend the meeting, only to be turned away, causing further inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Attorney-at-law Christopher Thompson, who represented the members in previous court cases from 2020 to 2023, expressed grave concern over the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He labeled the actions as a blatant disregard for court orders and warned that the matter could potentially escalate into another legal battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clash underscores the deep divisions within the GPSCCU leadership and raises questions about the union&#8217;s governance and stability moving forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tensions escalate, the union&#8217;s members are left in limbo, awaiting resolution to the ongoing dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Tensions ran high at the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) as current and past leaders engaged in a heated dispute over the legitimacy of recent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17354","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\/17354","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=17354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17356,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17354\/revisions\/17356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}