ALTHOUGH the Mashramani festivities are over, there are still problems lingering at City Hall over allegations that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor illegally sold vending spots to interested persons some weeks before Mash Day. Prior to Mashramani, acting Town Clerk, Carol Ryan-Sooba, during a press briefing, had stated that approximately 115 illegal spots were sold to persons who were interested in vending on Mash Day.

According to Sooba, a clerk from the Deputy Mayor’s Office was directing persons to the Mayor’s quarters to carry out transactions, when initially interested persons were supposed to make the necessary transactions with the Town Clerk.
“The activity is not a social event which the Deputy Mayor claims it is, but it is a revenue earning activity so it has to be dealt with by the city treasurer and myself,” she said.
She noted that upon being aware of that she contacted the Chief Constable who stated that he cannot handle a matter of that caliber, so he refused to do so, hence the police were informed and investigations were carried out.
“Currently the matter is being reviewed and a penalty will be announced as soon as possible,” said the acting Town Clerk yesterday during a telephone interview with the Guyana Chronicle.

(By Navendra Seoraj)