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Eldred Neal is the PSU President who got into a whole lot of trouble when he was caught making prejudiced remarks about the Garinagu on a secret recording.  Nine of the 15 members of his council of management asked him to resign, but Neal vowed to stay and fight.  Now the last we heard on Friday May 19th was that the PSU Council of Management had voted to suspend Neal.  But Neal didn’t attend the meeting, and -  sources said that he would fight it on the grounds of natural justice.  

Well, today, the PSU Secretary General sent out a release confirming that Neal was suspended on May 19th, quote, “for inflammatory statements made via an audio recording that went viral.â€￾  It adds, “The letter (of suspension) has stipulated that Mr. Neal does not conduct any business on behalf of PSU and he is to return the assets of the Union until such time that his suspension is lifted.â€￾

The release adds that Neal cannot call a membership meeting, but he can make a request through Council of Management to be given an audience at General Membership Meeting. 

And it also states, quote, “he has the right under section 20 of the PSU Constitution to appeal the decision of the Council and he has not exercised that right.â€￾

The PSU has written the Government, namely the Ministry of Public Service requesting special leave for the Second Vice President to take Neal’s place.