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APNU says…Disclose Jagdeo’s spending out of Office
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is seeking to find out exactly how much money the State has spent behind former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, since he demitted Office in 2011.
APNU’s Desmond Trotman, has formally tabled a list of questions for the Minister of Finance to respond to in relation to the expenditure.
The Finance Minister will be required to deliver the answers when Parliament meets on Thursday.
The political opposition has always been critical over what it calls uncapped benefits encapsulated in the Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) which in May 2009, the then President Bharrat Jagdeo assented to.
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo
Trotman wants to find out what is the total health expenses/claims met under the Act for former President Jagdeo and or his dependents for each month since he demitted office in 2011, up to the end of February 2014.
Jagdeo recently made headlines when he chartered a private Lear Jet to fly to Guyana and take him to Florida where he went for treatment over Dengue Fever.
It was later revealed that when former President Jagdeo was airlifted to the United States, destined for a Florida hospital, he had in his entourage his best friend, Dr Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop and they used a private luxury Learjet instead of an air ambulance.
An air ambulance are planes or helicopters that have been specially fitted with medical equipment and beds and would also include medical personnel accompanying the aircraft to treat the passenger as they are taken to the hospital.
What Jagdeo used is a fixed wing twin engine, 10 seat jet.
The jet was charted from Jedami Aircraft Charter, LLC, registered in Florida.
This publication understands that the chartering of a LearJet, from Florida to Guyana and back for a medivac, would cost between US$35,000 and US$40,000.
APNU in their probe of the expenditure behind Jagdeo is also seeking to find out what is the monthly cost of providing security for personal and property(s) under the Act for former President Jagdeo since he demitted office in 2011 to the end of February, 2014.
APNU is also seeking to elicit answers in relation to the cost of providing transportation local and overseas, inclusive of cars and drivers, including air cost and road under the Act for the former President and or his dependents for each month since he demitted office in 2011 to the end of February, 2014
The coalition is also seeking to find out what is the electricity charge paid under the Act for former President, Jagdeo, for each month since he demitted office in 2011 up to the end of February 2014.
On May 28, 2009, then President Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill, bringing it into law.
Under that Act, he would receive free medical attention and medical treatment, paid for by the state, or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for the medical attention or treatment of himself and the dependant members of his family.
Jagdeo became Guyana’s youngest ever President when his predecessor Janet Jagan demitted office in 1999.
During his term in office, Jagdeo initiated many controversial projects, among them the Amaila Falls Hydro-electric Project, the Marriott Hotel project, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project, and the failed Skeldon Modernisation Project.
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