THE Linden Television Station Board of Trustees is still to hold a meeting as was mandated by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who urged that this be done within seven days.However, twenty days have passed and the meeting is yet to be held, which is aimed at acknowledging the eleven members who emerged from the various stakeholders. These members are to be added to the Trust and to be legally embedded.

A well-placed source from the current Trust explained to this newspaper that correspondence was sent by Councillors of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), stating that they do not endorse those chosen to represent their entity, claiming it was done unilaterally.

Councillor Vladimir Glasgow revealed to the Guyana Chronicle that he is one of the Councillors who penned the letter as he is in disagreement with those chosen by the Regional Chairman to represent the RDC.

Councillor Gordon Callender, who held a press conference the day after the meeting was held with the Prime Minister, exclaimed his disapproval in which the names were chosen.

“The Regional Democratic Council had no discussion at none of the statutory meetings concerning the TV station; I am saying that is wrong, let us vote the person who we want to represent the TV station,” said Callender.

The representatives of the RDC are Regional Chairman Renis Morian who will also chair the board, Councilor Sandra Adams and concerned citizen Mr. Phillip Bynoe. The other members to be added to the Trust are Mayor Carwyn Holland and his deputy Ms. Waneka Arrindale, Regional MPs Mr. Jermaine Figueira and Mr. Audwin Rutherford, Mr. Leslie Gonsalves and Ms. Merna Adrian.

The call for the Trust to be extended was made in February at a consultation held in Linden and chaired by the Prime Minister, who recommended that the membership be extended to include a wide cross section of stakeholders in the Region. Given this mandate, Secretary of the Trust Sharma Solomon sent correspondences to the various stakeholders requesting that a representative be chosen to join the Board of Trustees.

“The board immediately held a meeting with all five members and agreed to facilitate and have that bone of contention dealt with and settled by having all those members at the stake holders meeting to be a part of the board,” said Solomon.

Mayor Holland, who was also present at the meeting with the Prime Minister, posited that the ongoing controversy surrounding the television station will finally go to rest and the way forward has been paved.

The television station’s Trust was formed by Sharma Solomon during his tenure as Regional Chairman after realizing that the law does not allow for a television station to be controlled by an RDC or an individual but only by a Trust or a company.