Dear Editor,
The long-awaited Annual General Meeting of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union was held on April 11th, 2021. Election of office bearers to the Committee of Management was also held.
In the run-up to the AGM and elections, there was much hype among the membership of the Credit Union, especially as it related to the competing slates. From the onset, many members indicated to me they were not going to vote for the slate headed by Patrick Yarde, since he and his team were not fit to manage the Credit Union.
Many indicated they were pleased with the recent developments under the Interim Management Committee (IMe) in just under three years. In addition to this, many members hailed Ms. Karen Vansluytman, to whom they referred as their firebrand, and Mr. Jermaine Hermanstyne, who led the charge through daily protest action highlighting the mismanagement of the Credit Union and calling for the removal of Yarde and team.
I wish to personally commend those two, and hope they will be playing pivotal roles in the management of the Credit Union (Yarde surely must be hating them more).
However, it must not be forgotten that while all of this evolved through the militancy of the aforementioned two persons, the political will of former Minister Keith Scott, ably supported by Mr. Francis Carryl and the Chief Cooperatives Development Officer, must also be recognised and given honourable mention. They heard the voices of the members, took the appropriate action for the removal of Yarde and his team, and installed the IMe.
As a member of the Credit Union and the Guyana Public Service Union, I would like to let the good lady Ms. Vansluytman be aware that many members are now calling upon her to save the GPSU from further destruction; a feat we are hoping she’ll undertake.
As for our Credit Union, best wishes to the new Management Committee on your success. We admonish you to manage always in the best interest of us. We are looking forward to the fulfilment of the promises for further development.
Please do not allow the Credit Union to again descend into the abyss of mismanagement, dictatorship, and corruption.
‘Thank you’ to the staff who give much-needed support during this troubling period.
Sincerely,
Member
