Jagdeo’s doling out of radio licences was ‘indecent’ … new GNBA chair promises review, not necessarily revocation
By Ariana Gordon
THE reviewing of radio licences issued by former President Bharrat Jagdeo in 2011 does not necessarily speak to revocation. Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig yesterday cautioned that while the authority will be reviewing all licences issued, they will not necessarily be revoked. “All licences will be reviewed, but review is not necessarily synonymous with revocation. Whatever is done here, during the review process, will be fair, transparent and above board. I am not in a position to say what form or shape it would look like, that is a decision the entire board would have to make,” said Craig.
The GNBA Chairman told this publication that he believes the move by former President Jagdeo to issue 12 radio licences was wrong. “Yes, I think it was not done based on the agreement between the political parties that existed then. There was an agreement that all licensing should be stopped until the Broadcast Act came into being and the then President Jagdeo took it upon himself, which is an indecent thing to do…”
