ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Opposition Chief Dr Keith Mitchell and different legislators have accused the Artistic Director of the Nationwide Organising Committee (NOC) on the fiftieth Independence Secretariat, Orlando Romain, of spreading deceptive details about the principle opposition occasion.
Romain, additionally the Public Relations Officer for the ruling Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC), talking throughout a information convention, mentioned all Members of Parliament, together with members of the opposition, obtained EC$10,000 for beautifying their constituencies.
When requested if such funding was allotted beneath the funds, Romain mentioned, “The reply is sure, every constituency/rep/MP would have been assigning a funds so that exact constituency can do the important issues akin to clean-ups, decorations in preparations for the actions of the celebration…To the most effective of my information, that was distributed to everyone, all MPs,” he mentioned whereas promising to analysis the declare made by the opposition members that they didn’t obtain the funds.
“I should analysis to see if their declare is true,” he promised.
Nonetheless, the opposition as soon as once more denied that members obtained the funds.
In a information launch late Friday, the opposition described Romain’s assertion as a blatant try and mislead the nation and referred to as upon him to promptly right this misinformation with correct particulars.
“Members of His Majesty’s Opposition are calling on Mr. Orlando Romain, Advisor to the Authorities and Artistic Director of the Nationwide Organizing Committee, to verify publicly that Opposition MP didn’t obtain ten thousand {dollars} from the Nationwide Organizing Committee.”
The assertion additionally mentioned, “Grenadians deserve transparency and honesty, not deceitful techniques geared toward obscuring the reality.”
In a information convention referred to as by Opposition members earlier within the week, the 5 elected members within the Decrease Home of Parliament refuted claims that they obtained EC$10,000 from the federal government to help with constituency actions for the fiftieth independence celebrations.
“We have now different individuals who sit throughout the cupboard of Grenada who’re sending folks to our workplaces saying to them that we might have obtained EC$10,000 in assist of actions for Independence. Let me make it abundantly clear none of our members right here would have obtained any cash from the federal government up up to now relating to independence celebration,” mentioned Emmalin Pierre, the Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southeast.
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