GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for a meeting between the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) and television broadcasters to discuss the recent decision to impose a GUY$2.5 million (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cent) license fee on the industry. In a statement, APNU said that it was also urging broadcasters to reject the fee which it said offends freedom of expression as guaranteed in Article 146 of the Guyana Constitution. The APNU, which together with the Alliance for Change (AFC), has a one-seat majority in the 65-member National Assembly, said that it intends to table amendments to the Broadcast Act “which gives the President the power to appoint six of the seven members of the GNBA without consultation permits a level of arbitrariness and interference by Government”.
