-accused of leaking information to Kaieteur News
25-year old Marcelle Joseph a formers staff at the Office of the President in Guyana is accusing the Government for what she deems as ‘targeting’ her reputation, as she was recently dismissed of her duties, after not being given a reason as to why.
Joseph who was employed as a Technical Research Officer at OP from 2008 to 2011 in an interview on www.benscopradio.com with treason accused Mark Benscop denied any knowledge of leaking information to the Kaieteur News, with regards to the Presidents ‘One Laptop Per Family’ programme.
According to Joseph, she received a letter from one Ms, Hackette and upon opening the sealed letter she discovered her termination. Pior, she was summoned to a meeting with Public Service Minister Dr. Jennifer Westford after writing a statement to Dr. Nanda Gopaul her immediate boss.
“I was terminated after being accused of leaking information to the press, when no proper investigations were carried out to determine how the leakage came about. But what I can say is that anything coming out of OP once directed to the Permanent Secretary has to be stamped,” she said.
However, according to Joseph this was not done in this instance, well that is according to the receipts printed in the Kaieteur News which bore no stamp of OP or was signed as to the date received.
She is claiming her innocence as she stated that her only knowledge of person(s) signing for the laptop was herself and another identified as the cleaner at the Office of the President.
But appearing in the press was that of another individual who signed Aleta Hassan of which Joseph denied even having the knowledge of her signing for the laptops. She believes her termination has a lot to do with her affiliation with anti-government officials.
“I believe I was fired sue to my affiliations with anti-government people but I could be wrong, but I am willing to get to the bottom of it. They properly thinks I know too much and that is why they want to get rid of me,” she said.
Joseph in her interview with Mark, also stated that she received a threatening telephone call from Advisor to the President Odinga Lumumba pertaining to the incident. She is now in the US since she is currently afraid of being killed by ‘Thugs’.
