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Five diplomats fired, President “wholly misinforms media on reason”- MOFA source

  
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Earlier today, News Room quoted President David Granger as saying that the decision to recall several Heads of Missions is grounded in the government’s intention to “professionalize” the Foreign Service.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a decision to terminate the services of a “number of Heads of Missions especially those who might have enjoyed an extended tenure of duty beyond the official limit.” The Ministry also announced the “transfer” of Director-General Audrey Jardine-Waddell.

The Ministry, at the time, said nothing about a quest to “professionalize” the Foreign Service. No information was given on the number of diplomats to be affected or the States that will see recalls.

This news agency has since been informed that six Heads of Missions were fired.

The terminated diplomats are Hamley Case (Based in London); Clarissa Rheil (Ottawa); Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop (Trinidad and Tobago) Dr. J.R. Deep Ford (Geneva); Bayney Karran (Beijing) and Cheryl Miles (Caracas).

This publication was informed that Miles who is the most senior of the diplomats, is on the Guyana team working on the case before the International Court of Justice and worked on the negotiations under the United Nations Secretary General’s special representative Dag Nylander.

Miles cannot be considered a political appointee as she is a career diplomat with national awards from Venezuela and Brazil. “So the President’s explanation this morning cannot apply to her.”

Also, Miles is not one of the diplomats that remained from the PPP regime so the MOFA’s previous “excuse” cannot apply to her. “She is not older than Granger and is very knowledgeable on Venezuela and Latin America.”
Guyana Standard understands that Miles’ crime is her stance against certain matters in relation to Venezuela. Her stance went contrary to the will of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Karan Cummings.
A senior officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Guyana Standard, “These decisions make no sense and suggest spiteful destructiveness. If this is how Mr. Granger plans to proceed we should withdraw the case against the ICJ!”

As for the other diplomats who suffered the wrath of Cummings, Guyana Standard understands that “they are not known to be liked by Torrington and Rickford Burke who seem to be Cummings’ advisor on all things.”

It was noted that Deep and Case are qualified to be diplomats.

Guyana Standard understands that the President, “Has been embarrassed by the outcry especially because the action is pointless in all the circumstances and serves to damage the Government’s credibility.”

All diplomatic appointments are made by the President. Only he can make the necessary approvals. A few of the ambassadors who were fired recently enjoyed new appointments to serve as non-resident diplomats in other countries. While some appointments were made last year, others were made as recent as this year.

According to News Room, when the President was questioned earlier today, he said that he is making way for career foreign service officers who are trained and educated to become diplomats. He said that the diplomats knew that they were only serving for three years.

Questions that now arise include, “If the President was planning this all along, why did he make the recent appointments. Does he think this would be a good image for Guyana on the international stage? To have accreditations every two mornings?’

News Room reported too that the President dismissed reports that the recall of the serving diplomats is a “shake-up” of the Foreign Service and noted that all Ambassadors and High Commissioners were aware of his intentions.
“There is no change really. It’s a smooth transition from having political appointees as head of Guyanese missions to having professional Ambassadors and High Commissioners.

“I do not see that it will have any impact that is negative for this country because it is typical in most countries to have professional Foreign Service officers,” the President explained.
He noted that the contracts of many of the Ambassadors and High Commissioners expired during the time that there was some uncertainty about when elections will be held.

“As a result of that uncertainty some of the changes were not made but when it became certain that elections would be held March 2020, a decision was taken to proceed with those changes, so it is not a shakeup, it is a planned change and the Ambassadors and High Commissioners knew that the intention of the Government has always been to professionalize the service and that is being done.”

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Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

I believe very soon the Granger illegal gov't. will attack this forum and probably call for indictments of its members.   

This is no joke.

Could happen with the focused efforts of Baassilly dee Willie.

FM
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

I believe very soon the Granger illegal gov't. will attack this forum and probably call for indictments of its members.  This is no joke.

That’s why most of the PNC honchos have disappeared.  The collie ones have remained.

Bibi Haniffa
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

I believe very soon the Granger illegal gov't. will attack this forum and probably call for indictments of its members.  This is no joke.

If he gatt mo seed than a wild boar 🐗, leh he come nah!!

You rass freiken Blackman from 3000 miles away!  Rass man!!

Baseman
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This may be a sign of something more sinister!  The PNC preparing to reject the outcome if they lose!  They cleaning house of anyone they don’t trust!!

PNC developing bunker mentality!

Baseman
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PNC going to appoint dem GNI top brass supporter DJ to identify GNI members and testify in a Democrat Style Kangaroo court to say that he “thinks or presumes” that members committed an act of impeachment and as such have them removed from GNI office. 

FM
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Sean posted:

PNC going to appoint dem GNI top brass supporter DJ to identify GNI members and testify in a Democrat Style Kangaroo court to say that he “thinks or presumes” that members committed an act of impeachment and as such have them removed from GNI office. 

Listen banna, the Coalition have much bigger headache than GNI!!  I think they have problems in Washington DC!!  They also have to contend with a frustrated populace!

The cash Transfer tingy ain’t Kech fiya!  Jagdeo’s articulation of a social safety net seems more believable!

Thus far the PNC has been outdone in Parliament, in the Courts and on the ground!  Now this Washington banna sent a cold shiver!

They need to get their act together, but time is against them!

They created a delay but never addressed some of the issues which will win support!

Understand, the opinion that they were not given a fair chance has now shifted because it’s almost a full term!

The delay has now become their albatross in a way they never envisioned!  So is belly wuk time!!

Baseman
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:

PNC going to appoint dem GNI top brass supporter DJ to identify GNI members and testify in a Democrat Style Kangaroo court to say that he “thinks or presumes” that members committed an act of impeachment and as such have them removed from GNI office. 

Listen banna, the Coalition have much bigger headache than GNI!!  I think they have problems in Washington DC!!  They also have to contend with a frustrated populace!

The cash Transfer tingy ain’t Kech fiya!  Jagdeo’s articulation of a social safety net seems more believable!

Thus far the PNC has been outdone in Parliament, in the Courts and on the ground!  Now this Washington banna sent a cold shiver!

They need to get their act together, but time is against them!

They created a delay but never addressed some of the issues which will win support!

Understand, the opinion that they were not given a fair chance has now shifted because it’s almost a full term!

The delay has now become their albatross in a way they never envisioned!  So is belly wuk time!!

Jagdeo ain't getting no where ruling Guyana again by proxy.

Get a copy of the Green State Development Strategy, which is currently the development policy document.

Also get a copy of the National Development Strategy of 1997 , you will see how he failed to implement the guidelines in the development policy, after the death of Jagan.

If you can't will email the copies.

Django
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Django posted:
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:

PNC going to appoint dem GNI top brass supporter DJ to identify GNI members and testify in a Democrat Style Kangaroo court to say that he “thinks or presumes” that members committed an act of impeachment and as such have them removed from GNI office. 

Listen banna, the Coalition have much bigger headache than GNI!!  I think they have problems in Washington DC!!  They also have to contend with a frustrated populace!

The cash Transfer tingy ain’t Kech fiya!  Jagdeo’s articulation of a social safety net seems more believable!

Thus far the PNC has been outdone in Parliament, in the Courts and on the ground!  Now this Washington banna sent a cold shiver!

They need to get their act together, but time is against them!

They created a delay but never addressed some of the issues which will win support!

Understand, the opinion that they were not given a fair chance has now shifted because it’s almost a full term!

The delay has now become their albatross in a way they never envisioned!  So is belly wuk time!!

Jagdeo ain't getting no where ruling Guyana again by proxy.

Well, I can’t say, my orbuculum provides zero insight as to the outcome!  I’m just applying inductive and deductive reasoning!  Is suh we high skool dropouts dozz roll!😁

Baseman

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