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The AFC and GAP-ROAR Parliamentary parties express their grave concern about the continuous dilatory actions of the Co-Chair of the Local Government Task Force, Mr. Clinton Collymore. Recent reports suggest that Collymore, at the latest meeting of the Task Force, indicated at the end of the meeting, that there would be no further deliberations on the issues currently being considered by the Task Force.
It is clear that Collymore lacks the necessary acumen and understanding of how the Task Force mechanism was designed and expected to function, and has therefore, to be controlled by his party. No one Co-Chair, or even for that matter, the President, or Leader of the Opposition, has the authority to unilaterally suspend the meetings of the Task Force, unless this is the consensus view of all.
There is unfinished business awaiting deliberations and conclusions and the AFC and GAP-ROAR expect therefore that the important work of producing a raft of meaningful reforms will be continued so that Local Government elections can be held under a system that will usher in a new dispensation of peace, harmony, and development in our communities.
The actions of Clinton Collymore as Co-Chair of the Local Government Task Force have proven harmful to local government reform process, and unless he is made to function in a proper manner, he should be removed.
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