The AFC remains encouraged by the strengthening tide of change which continues to sweep across Guyana. The judgment handed down yesterday by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry against Office of the President Press Officer Mr. Kwame McCoy is one which will bring some measure of relief to the Guyanese populace. The party senses that we, as a people, are coming to the realisation that the days of PPP government officials doing as they please and getting away scot free are coming to an end.
While the AFC is disappointed in the paltry sentence handed McCoy, the party is pleased that he has been formally found guilty for his disgusting actions and behaviour towards citizens of this country whom he ought to be serving, not assaulting.
The party recognizes this case as another marker in the nation’s march towards true democracy built on equality and justice.
In view of the verdict, the party believes that it is imperative for His Excellency, President Donald Ramotar to now act honourably and remove the unprofessional, irrational and intensely controversial Mr. McCoy from the employ of the Office of the President. Now that he has been found guilty of assaulting the citizenry of this country, no longer can Mr. McCoy enjoy the confidence of His Excellency or the people of Guyana.
To continue to engage Mr. McCoy in an important position at OP will leave Guyanese with the view that His Excellency is harbouring and sheltering persons of unbecoming and divisive character within the highest office in the land.
Further for the Head of State to continue to retain the services of Mr. McCoy can serve no useful purpose and is certain to diminish the already tattered credibility of the Office of the President.
In this context also, the AFC calls for McCoy to be recalled and his status as a member of the Rights of the Child Commission be revoked. Given the seriousness of the nature of the charge of which he has been found guilty, it has now been proven that McCoy lacks the integrity to sit on such an important Commission.
The AFC wishes to also place on record its deep concerns and objections with regard to the indecent number of unproven and inexperienced ‘advisors’ who are benefitting from the largess of the PPP government with scandalously super salaried and loosely defined tenures at OP. The Party calls on His Excellency to immediately commission an independent human resources audit at the OP and make the full findings public so that the people of Guyana can be informed as to how billions of their tax dollars are being utilized, or rather squandered, through the OP for the sole purpose of filling the pockets of party faithfuls.
The party regrets that this exposure, necessarily, brings into focus the credibility of the Office of the President and how it is viewed by its counterparts in the region and internationally.
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