Can't they appoint some other 'qualified".....this Government conveniently subscribes to mediocrity.

Is anyone keeping trac of the number of municipalities having a government/minister imposed management and personnel. This is a serious issue and one that questions democratic principles.

The solution is municipal elections. It can be done every 4 years on a rotational basis to ensure continuity of players at th etable. The pay should also ensure the job attract qualified and committed people.
Finally, I like the canadian System where municipal politicians cant be a member of a nationbal party and national parties are not permitted to enter municipal elections, only a 'persons' can.

I see this as a political hijacking of the system.

Where the [censored] the separation of power , why the central gov have to get involved on local gov , is we the people have to blame ,we stand for this for too long its time for a change

Quoting andy:

Six Years and Counting for doing a 4-year Degree....and at UG too! Smh! What a dunce.

Andy You are an idiot. Life happens and people circumstances vary as it relates to finishing a degree. Can't expect anything better from the idiots that post in this forum. Over in the US while in college we had a mother who took 20 years to finish her degree and when she got up to walk every one gave her a standing ovation. She finished the program no matter how long it took.

These people are not going to stop until or unless they are forced to stop. They are clearly antagonizing duly elected officials to react so that it can be used as an excuse for violence on the people. The Opposition MUST NOT sit back and allow this minority government to ride roughshod over the people of Guyana. They must be stopped....and now.

Surely qualifications has its place . However in todays world experience and talent are just as important for success . Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ; Microsoft's Bill Gates; and the well known Donald Trump are hugely successful individuals non of whom have college degrees. And then they are those in our Government with all sorts of qualifications that cannot understand a simple contract or turn 1$ into 1$+1cent. Please don't get me wrong family, all I mean to say is that we MUST let the democratic process work. Let the people/council decide who THEIR

Town Clerk should be.
council decid.

It seems as though there is a criminal motive here by the specific group on many of the affiliated media. While I wish Mr. Denis Scott Chabrol would have at least communicated with me to verify the information supplied, since Demerara Waves in my opinion had been a balanced media until now my opinion was wrong. I wondered why the almost fifteen years of my tenure in my former position of Legal Officer of the Mayor & Councillors of the City of Georgetown was a minimised one as Oscar Clarke being the Chairman of the Personnel and Training Committee of the Council and did actually nothing in his capacity to ensure the basic tools, much more staff were provided to do the job that I was employed to do.
Oscar Clarke has definitely failed and he has by this article descended to such such lowly level confirms his mental demise as compared to the Oscar Clarke I've known in the former years of the Peoples National Congress. Certainly his reasoning ability has significantly deteriorated.it will be interesting for Councillor Oscar Clarke to inform Denis Chabrol of Demerara Waves which political party I'm a member of. It may also be interesting for Mr. Clarke to tell Demerara Waves the status of the fraud issues of City Hall, the current status of the Police investigation. Mr. Clarke may wish to advise Demerara waves why as the vice chairman Of the Council's finance committee he was not prudent enough to allow the purported services of PNC councillor Rahaman's Camera to be used to the tune of $14,000,000 when a camera would have cost a few hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr Clarke the signatories of these payment vouchers had to be first signed by the chairman and vice chairman of the Council's Finance Committees. There are many questions Mr. Clarke that are required to be answered by you. You are obviously campaigning for the filling of the post of Town Clerk by another less than transparent officer of whom you are supporting for very obvious reasons. It is a case of continuity of the corruption which have been propagated at the Council and your, highly qualified officers have all failed over the years, and certainly you have misled the readers of this column because I am not a student of University of Guyana Law Department since 2006. One has to possess a certain level of qualification to be accepted to the Law Program.
You have now confirmed your bias as the interviewer for the position of Town Clerk of which you were the chief interviewer of the three persons. panel that placed me at the bottom of the scale when one of your female PNC councillors who were disrespectful to me over the years stood in City Hall Compound and extolled that " that she nah want none coolie woman to be Town Clerk" It may be wise to ask Councillor Bourne and Councillor Eon Andrews of the PNC who that Councillor is.Why would you elevate an officer who has no proper character for such a responsible position.
My reasons for which I did not finish my LLB in three years are I'm working full time and running a one woman Legal Department which has to bring in the millions of dollars outstanding taxes to the council among other duties.i would advise you Mr. Oscar Clarke to withdraw your negative damaging Article from this column and apologise to me via this column. if you have any ounce of decency within you. You have not only surprised me but shocked me to know that you have descended to a gutter level. You should consult with Respectable, decent minded people of calibre like Mr. Vincent Alexander (do you know him?)as to what year I commenced the LLB, You are also advised to find out why I could not complete in three years. Certainly you held very high offices in the past PNC Government and therefore I would expect you to know what is 'leave of absence' You can also check with the Albion Police Station on the Corentyne in their 2008 records of the heinous crime committed on a 72yrs old christian widow and you can similarly seek info at the DPP's Office in 2008 on the same issue. This aged woman is my mother Mr Clarke, I'm a human being to have put my lLB exams on hold to save her life. I wish you were a human being.
I have to offer to you an unblemished Character, transparency, Education, 22 yrs legal experience, 6 years teaching experience,4 years Insurance (GTM & Hand IN Hand)I'm almost at the end of LLB, Managerial Law Cert. UG, I commenced my career at City Hall while I was at UG doing studies in Personnel and Industrial Relations,i worked at the Courts at Berbice Magisterial District and my last stint was Clerk of the courts of the Berbice Magisterial District of which one of my former bosses is a sitting Court of Appeal Judge, I'm a Justice of Peace and a Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits in Guyana, I'm a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, I'm an Ambassador of Peace. And since you don't know my references are SC Keith Massiah former chancellor of the Judiciary and AG under the PNC Gov't a respected eminent gentleman who is the City Council's Senior Counsel and Attorney at Law Mr. Robert Ramcharran of Luckhoo and Luckhoo Attorneys at Law. You may further wish to know people like Judge Patterson whose family taught me to sing in the choir as I grew up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church and he attends the Smyrna SDA church with Mrs Patterson where we all fellowship, he is a sitting High Court Judge(ask them for a reference of whatever sort) Mr. Clarke,You may wish to to know from Ms. Avril Anande Trotman Joseph, Mr. Raphael Trotman, and Sheila Chapman, and Ret'd Judge Donald Trotman. Further Mr. Clarke it may be wise to find out from Mr Lincoln Lewis who I am he showed me my family roots and where I was born at Plantation Ross West Coast Berbice.You are supporting corruption Sir, the officer you are lobbying for to the position of Town Clerk has not an unblemished character and certainly cannot match my CV Mr Clarke, I'm a rounded person which of your nominees can match my experience? Qualification happen to be a mixture of education and experience. This obnoxious article is degrading to competent capable woman of character, transparent. I survived in the corruption for almost 15 years and you stifled me, I'm now given the opportunity to transform the City Council and rescue it from corruption and degradation and you want to tarnish my reputation. You are a supporter of corruption, are you involved too? You may wish to obtain certified copies of certain court documents and other written evidences to justify who your nominee is' I know that the fraud squad and auditors from auditor general's office may certainly assist you with the justification that your nominee is unfit
Former Mayor Ms. Mavis Benn taught me Protocol and trained me as a liaise on officer to the Guyana/ Berbice Association and yes Mr. Clarke, her training caused me to obtain a job on the Norwegian Cruise ship as a Bar Waitress I plied Miami Caribbean, Los Angles/Mexico but I love my country and returned here.Prominent people within your PNC know me very well and and respect me. I'm grateful to the Gov't to express the faith in me to allow me the opportunity to rescue the city council. I did not have to be a member of the PPP to be appointed.
You have hurt my family in Texas the read this article and they cried because there is no need for me to be here. My only child and my black professional daughter in law who is a Peters from Agricola left this country and never want to return but for me and they are insulted by this article. The council has failed under management like yours and I will not make you deter me from rescuing it. It is my duty as a Citizen to improve the lives of the citizens of this city. It stinks and I do hope that you do not undermine my efforts. The vulnerability of this particular officer, councillors and employees is very obvious. Are there skeletons in the closet?
You should seek information as
I stand in your judgement.
Respectfully,
Carol Ryan Sooba JP/Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits
Town Clerk of Georgetown (ag)

Royston King should be the last person even applying for the Town Clerk's Position
He is the PRO since over 15 plus years and the Municipality's image has become worst ever. Why on earth would he think that he is fit for that position. The government should employee someone from another Ministry to fill that and other positions.

Ganga Persaud you are misusing your political powers all over he place. This is not what Democracy is all about

GUYANESE WAKE UP!
Did this good character woman referred to her daughter in law as "BLACK" (para 4, line 2)? OMG, oh no she didn't.

Why the distinction, why the definition?

Mr Minister, this is a recipe for disaster. So she is not only unqualified and incompetent she is also irresponsible and loose.

Somebody please advice Sooba that qualification and experience are too different things.

Qualification is academic, technical or vocational knowledge and competency in a specified discipline measured by examinations. Whilst experience is professional and practical knowledge and competency measured by efficient and effective performance.

Double standards and shameless people. She disliked being called a coolie Town Clerk yet she reserve the right to call your daughter in law black.

Judge for yourself citizens. Take control of your city and city council affairs.

You people are a bunch of idiots, your backward thinking is the reason why Guyana will not progres. Playing the blame game, criticizing everyone and anything that does not suit your prospective is very narrow minded. Your ideas are small and insignificant so no one cares. I'm talking about all the negative thinking, non progressive element, corrupted people in Guyana and overseas. You all turn up your noses like you are so damn smart. Guyana needs more positive minded people with a "get it done" attitude. I like the newly appointed Town Clerk Ms. Sooba now she is a refreshing change; we need more educated, positive/forward thinking individuals like her. I was reading the comments on here a few days before she got appointed, the comments were completly negative and unfound. All the years that City Hall had
"so-called" well educated people in "high" positions.. it did not help, no change occurred. Now that the government decides to make a change with a new face, not clouded by corruption, with a diverse background, well educated and is not a racist, You idiots have a lot of negative/unimpressive things to say. Case and point.. There was talk about change and progress, now someone different from the norm is introduced with new ideas there is no satisfaction. I don't expect anyone to reply to my comment but if someone feels disrespected, then it's probably warranted.