Former PSU Presidents Protest Alleged Bias in Public Service

This afternoon in Belmopan, Gerald Henry, former president of the Public Service Union and now Examiner of Accounts Two in the Auditor General’s Office, took to the streets in protest. Alongside him was fellow former PSU president Doreth Obermayer. The two picketed in front of the Sir Edney Cain Building, calling out what they describe as ongoing injustices within the public service. Henry claims the Ministry of Public Service unfairly rejected his application for a promotion to Supervisor of Audit. He says no reason was given and believes the decision was biased and personal.

 

Gerald Henry, Examiner of Accounts II, Office of Auditor General

“Basically we have gotten pretty much enough of trying to get our word out in regards to these grievances. We have tried everything. We have gotten in touch with up to the GG and there has bene nothing coming back in terms of relief. We have written to the public service, the public service commission, we actually got a response when we wrote to the commission, from the ministry of public service. We didn’t get a response from the commission, telling us to go to the very same person we are complaining about, which is the office of the auditor general. I cant tell you how we are getting any relief when you are sending me back to the same one I am complaining about. So, that is where we are at. So we decide it is best to come here and let them know we are aggrieved by this situation. For myself in particular, I have gotten my master’s degree from 2016 and I have not been promoted as yet. I just applied for a job, a promotion to supervisor of audit and I am the most qualified person in that officer, in fact I am more qualified than the auditor general. I can say that with all confidence because I got my masters in 2016 from the University of the West Indies. She claims to have gotten her master’s degree in 2019. So I got my masters before her. I am also ten years her senior in public office and ten years her senior in the office of the auditor general. So how you can reject my application, because my application was outrightly rejected by the Ministry of Public Service. No reason given. I have It right here, I will share a copy with you. They just rejected it.”