Wednesday
June 11, 2003
I Reiterate That I Have Not Resigned
I refer to the headline of June 10th and
June 11th in the Stabroek News. Both headlines were unfair
to me and to the public and both headlines were clearly meant
to be sensational.
I want to reiterate my position - I have
not resigned as Minister of Health.
In a conversation with Stabroek News yesterday (June 10th),
I stated quite clearly that I did not resign as Minister of
Health. The story should have died right there. For Stabroek
News to carry a headline in the June 11th issue that I confirmed
tendering and withdrawing my resignation is unfair. I never
addressed the issue of tendering and or withdrawing a resignation.
I have stated publicly several times that
I have had many frustrating moments as Minister of Health.
The same can be said of the President and all Ministers. The
same could be said of editors and directors and others with
challenging positions. Very often many of us are moved to
wonder why we took our jobs. I have faced these moments many
times.
I noted the above sentiments to several persons from the Press
yesterday in reference to whether I am frustrated or not.
This in no way ought to be taken that I am confirming tendering
or withdrawing my resignation. The story itself in Stabroek
News rightly did not say that I confirmed tendering and withdrawing
my resignation. Yet its headline presented a totally different
story.
It is also unfair to anyone that an assertion
is being made that unless he or she is removed I would leave.
This is untrue. It is unfair to say that my frustration is
due to one person. I have had disagreements and I have been
dissatisfied with how a number of persons approach their jobs
at the Ministry of Health. This would be true in any workplace.
Thus, to single out a particular person is unfair to him or
to me.
I would like to repeat that I have not resigned
my position as Minister of Health and that I have never asked
the President to remove anyone as a condition to stay on the
job.
Dr. Leslie Ramsammy
Minister of Health
June 11, 2003
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