-also had his naked picture on front page of a daily newspaper

PEOPLE’S Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)Councillor in the Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Democratic Council, Ms. Juliet Coonjah is calling for the removal of Alliance For Change [AFC] Councillor, Mr. Naithram as a member of the RDC because of his abusive behaviour towards her during a protest of rice farmers on the Reliance Public Road on the afternoon of July 4th.Ms Coonjah told the RDC meeting that the councillor cursed and verbally abused her after she went to render assistance to a pregnant woman in a car that was blocked by scores of angry protestors on the Reliance Public Road. She said the woman’s husband who is a rice miller was also roughed up by the protestors who tried to overturn his car into a nearby drain.
The councillor asked members of the RDC “how can we have a councillor that has behaved so disgracefully and abusive in public and have his naked picture published in a Saturday daily newspaper front page sit in this RDC.”
At that point Regional Chairman, Mr. Parmanand Persaud intervened and said he saw a naked picture of the AFC councillor printed on the front page of Kaiteur newspaper on Saturday July 5th which was very embarrassing for him as Chairman of the RDC and every other member of the council. He said “I can’t understand how a person in such high position as a councillor of the highest decision-making forum of the Region can have his naked picture published on the front page of a daily newspaper.”
The Chairman said he will seek legal advice on the constitution of Guyana that governs the Regional Democratic Council on how to deal with the matter as he cannot dislodge the councillor just like that.
Another PPP/C Councillor, Mr. Brian Persaud said the constitution must be used to discipline the councillor. According to Persaud every councillor of the RDC must respect each other.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)