–companies tell Burke to keep them out of his political gimmickry
–threaten legal action over post that includes their names

LOCAL contracting companies C&L Construction Inc. and Cummings Electrical Company Ltd. on Thursday highlighted several inaccuracies in assertions made by PNC activist Rickford Burke regarding persons and companies purportedly being denied contracts by the government.

The companies, in separate statements, are calling on Burke to remove their names from a post in which he claims that they are among “African Guyanese contractors who have previously executed a billion or more in government contracts.”

C&L Construction, in their statement, said: “We have noticed that our company name appears on a document being circulated by Rickford Burke, a US-based opposition activist, which incorrectly states that we are an Afro-Guyanese-owned company which “…previously executed a billion or more in government contracts” during the tenure in office of the APNU+AFC coalition administration, and we are being denied work by the Dr. Irfaan Ali-led PPP/C administration.”

This, the company said, is furthest from the truth, and added that its records can be accessed to corroborate that fact.
Against this backdrop, C&L is asking that Burke removes its name from the list, and refrain from using it as part of his political gimmickry.

“If Mr. Burke persists, our company would be forced to take legal action, since it appears to us that the motive is aimed at fostering disharmony among Guyanese,” the company said in its statement.
Meanwhile, in their statement, Cummings Electrical expressed similar sentiments and called on Burke to refrain from using the company in his political game.

“Our company has always acted in a professional manner and maintained a good relationship with every government since our incorporation. Secondly, our company does not wish to be used as a political football by any person,” the statement added.
They went on to say that from its assessment, the motive of the post is to divide Guyanese and this is strongly condemned.
Cummings Electrical further called on Burke to remove the company’s name from the post and refrain from doing so in the future.