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The attack on TI on its findings of corruption is unconscionable

Dec 11, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
It is now clear for all to see that the Ramotar Government is turning out to be as uncaring as the Jagdeo regime. After a year in office, Mr. Ramotar has not even offered an outline of his economic programme, his plan to create the new jobs, his plan to reduce corruption, crime and the trafficking of illegal drugs. It is our considered opinion that there is a solid reason for this – there is absolutely no Ramotar plan.
This five-year term is being driven by the Jagdeoites whose agenda it is to tax more, spend more, cream-off more, and expand the divide between the rich and the poor.
For too long, the PPP government has allowed corruption to run rampant among their henchmen without putting an end to it and when faced with that question, a key operative stated that “the absence of the Public Procurement Commission does not mean the public procurement system is dysfunctional.” This suggests that the PPP is in denial.
It takes some brass to attack the Constitution to defend the lawless. In Section 212 of the Constitution, it clearly states that the Public Procurement Commission shall “monitor public procurement …. conducted in a fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost effective manner according to law”.  The principle and intent of this clause in the Constitution is absolutely clear, so why should the Guyanese people accept such poppycock coming from those in authority? Why is President Ramotar tolerating this continued abuse and violation of the law?
This is good enough reason for the opposition to cut significantly from the budget until the Public Procurement Commission is established.
The PPP’s refusal to deal with corruption  is more evidence of denial which is particularly expressed in Ms. Gail Teixeira’s hollow and unsound response to the findings of Transparency International (TI) that Guyana is the most corrupt country in the Caribbean. For a senior operative of the PPP to say that Transparency International interviewed only four persons in Guyana shows how callous, uncaring and wicked the corrupt PPP is. The Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal has never been serious about weeding out corruption. It is very shameful and embarrassing to even think that this group heads a government. It is also very sad that they have turned their malice and venom on TI rather than attempt to address the issue of corruption which has become a blight on the nation. Isn’t this an abuse of power?
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh

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