Georgetown : Guyana is a sovereign State and it is the convention of sovereign States to make their own decisions, Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon said at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing.
He was at the time responding to comments made by US Ambassador, Brent Hardt on World Press Freedom Day with regards to the issuance of radio licences.
“I stick with the law, the Post and Telegraph Act confers on the President and Minister of Information, the final say,” the Cabinet Secretary said.
The issuance of radio licences during the tenure of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, has in recent months, been a hotly debated topic, particularly in sections of the media.
This commitment dates back to the enactment of the Broadcast Act of 2011 that replaced the Postal and Telegraph Act arising from the work of the task force established by the former President and former Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin.
Dr. Luncheon reminded that radio licences that were issued in 2011 were done in accordance with the Post and Telegraph Act. Its replacement, the Broadcast Act, came into effect in September 2012.
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