GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) Guyana's government is demanding the ouster of the opposition-run city council in the South American country's capital.
Security Minister Clement Rohee said late Monday that the local officials should resign and let a government-appointed group take over. He says the city council is to blame for garbage piling up around town. Local officials say they lack trucks and money to pay private contractors.
The opposition party known as A Partnership For National Unity accuses its rivals of trying to gain control of the capital to improve its chances when the country holds local elections next year for the first time in two decades.
Rohee also is general secretary of the ruling People's Progressive Party.
