Disapproval of govt handling of ads issue, judiciary appointments high
SN, Tuesday, December 18th 2007
Less than ten per cent of the business surveyed approve of the
allocation of government's advertising.
The question on the allocation of government advertisements was one of
seven in which respondents were asked their views on government's
handling of issues which arose or were considered critical in 2007. The
other questions were about government's handling of macroeconomic
policies; the offer of forests in the global warming fight; the opening
of the markets for flour; the breach of the Common External Tariff on
cement; the campaign against motorists and the handling of appointments
to the judiciary.
The government won overwhelming support on the offer of forests, the
opening of the flour markets and the campaign against errant motorists
but scored very poorly on the questions about the advertisements and
judiciary appointments.
According to the survey, just seven of the 74 respondents said they
approved of the manner in which the government allocated advertisements
for the year. The majority disapproved.
Twenty-nine government ministries and agencies, withdrew advertisements
from the Stabroek News in November 2006 re-allocating these to the
Kaieteur News, the Guyana Chronicle and the Mirror, the ruling PPP/C's
organ.
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