{"id":25940,"date":"2025-02-01T19:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25940"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:14:34","slug":"jagdeo-slams-suspension-of-gtu-leaders-accuses-political-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/jagdeo-slams-suspension-of-gtu-leaders-accuses-political-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagdeo Slams Suspension of GTU Leaders, Accuses Political Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>December 20, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed strong disapproval and shock over the recent suspension of Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) President Mark Light and Second Vice President Julian Cambridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspension, which was decided by the GTU&#8217;s General Council, follows a disagreement over an agreement made between the union and the Government in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo, speaking at his weekly press conference, suggested that the suspensions were politically motivated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He criticized the decision, claiming that political factions within the GTU were undermining the leadership\u2019s efforts to serve the interests of teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further accused Coretta McDonald, a Member of Parliament and the GTU General Secretary, of orchestrating the suspensions due to dissatisfaction with the union\u2019s leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo also pointed out that McDonald\u2019s dual role, holding a political position while being involved with the union, violated its internal rules and called for legal action against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President characterized the actions as &#8220;utterly disgusting,&#8221; accusing the opposition APNU+AFC of attempting to use an industrial dispute for political gain but failing when the government reached agreements with the GTU and other unions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reaffirmed that the government&#8217;s agreements with the teachers&#8217; union were made in good faith and should be respected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickDecember 20, 2024 Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed strong disapproval and shock over the recent suspension of Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) President Mark Light and Second&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25940","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\/25940","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=25940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25941,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions\/25941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}