By Alva Solomon
June 27, 2016
PRESIDENT David Granger has pledged his Government’s support to the Georgetown Municipality.Welcomed at City Hall by a parade of City Constables held outside the downtown landmark on Regent Street, and escorted into City Hall compound by Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, the President’s address to the Council was the first made by a Guyanese leader in over 20 years.
President Granger is being escorted into City Hall compound by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green on Monday afternoon
Addressing councillors gathered around City Hall’s horse-shoe table shortly after 14:00hrs on Monday, the Head of State said he had visited City Hall to encourage unity among councillors and offer proposals which the Council can adopt in discharging its mandate to enhance the development of the capital city.
He appealed for unity at City Hall, and made several proposals to the Council as he called for the City to be more sustainable.
“Some people complain — and they will always complain — about new financial measures,” he said. He noted that as long as such measures are transparent, approved by the Council, and are in the interest of the nation, Central Government would fully support their implementation.
The President called on the councillors to reach out to their respective constituencies, as he noted that each councillor represents approximately 2,800 citizens within Georgetown.
“And you have to listen to them,” the President said. “We expect you — week by week, month by month — to engage those citizens in your constituencies, so that you can bring back to the Council their opinions on matters affecting them,” he charged.
