Organised corruption must not be tolerated

Jun 10, 2019 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
The situation in Region six is getting worse daily as the APNU/AFC coalition Government continues to destroy the lives of thousands of Berbician. Since this region is the heartbeat of the PPP/C, there are allegations that the APNU/AFC coalition Government agenda is to ensure that the PPP supporters feel the blunt of the punishments in every aspect of life.
The present flooding situation in Black Bush Polder is because of the incompetence of the Minister of Agriculture and NDIA, since the debate of the 2019 budget, the Regional MP Zulfikar Mustapha and the RDC, enquired about the maintenance of these canals from Ministers Holder and Bulkan but was told that the RDC would continue to do the maintenance, unfortunately the NDIA still went ahead and awarded the contracts for the canals and refused to send a circular of the cabinet decision.
This dictatorial approach is an clear indication of the hypocritical attitudes of the entire APNU/AFC Government since President David Granger, who at the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs in July 2018, said that RDCs and NDCs were bound by the Constitution to provide certain services, which include drainage and irrigation. President David Granger is a total disappointment in the management of the cabinet and his Government and must be held responsible for everything that’s allowed to destroy the lives of Guyanese.
The Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, continues to undermine the Regional Democratic Council, Region Six by appointing a “political hack” in the position of Advisors to the Minister to manipulate the RDC.
This political appointee is allegedly being used by Bulkan in his capacity to undermine the regional engineer, the Regional Executive Officer, the Regional Tender Board, and even in the position of the Regional Chairman, in order to ensure the regional system benefits PNC contractors and activists .
This doesn’t stop here the advisors to the Minister’s office is allegedly used to give PNC contractors and activists the contracts documents to do selective bidding and as such manipulate the procurement process.
If this is all true, it is a dictatorial approach which is undermining the system and means that contractors who cannot do the job are being given for the simple reason that they are APNU/AFC coalition Government activists.
The Regional Executive Officer is the Chairperson of the Regional Tender Board and must not allow the Minister’s Advisors to manipulate the procurement system in the region. Such a situation would be a clear case of organised corruption and must not be tolerated in Region Six.
Regards
Zamal Hussain

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