Corruption seems to be the order of the day

Jul 09, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor

Corruption seems to be the order of the day [in Guyana] under this administration and it continues unabated. This is seen in the questionable awards of multibillion-dollar contracts and shady underhand deals involving state officials in high office for kickbacks, to the unconstitutional appointments of members to sit on constitutional commissions and boards.
In addition, the non-confirmation of the Chancellor and Chief Justice of which the leader of the opposition has honoured his constitutional obligation and stated his no objections to the appointment of those two very competent and respected jurist. The politicization of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force, to removing the guard rails of protection in the operations of the Natural Resources Fund, the Public Accounts Committee, the Environmental Protection Agency and others too numerous to mentioned, speak to the levels of corruption in the government.

It is my view and the views of many that Minister Indar and several of his colleagues, should all tender their resignation from government. The public has been made aware of ministers involved in corrupt, questionable and unbecoming actions while in office. One minister allegedly gave his son’s business, several contracts to do work for the ministry he heads without due process. We have a minister verbally abusing a female MP in Parliament, while another is accused of hitting a female opposition MP in her head. We have had a minister of the government, preying on the vulnerability of a young woman and maybe others to satisfy his sexual fantasies, embarrassingly exposing himself which was displayed on several social media platforms. An act which is most unbecoming for such an office holder, but was he asked to resign or was he fired as is done in developed countries? Certainly not, he was protected by his government. We have seen the disrespect of senior citizens in full view of the cameras from leading members of this regime and the blatant discrimination in the distribution of cash grants of different sorts.

Yours respectfully,
Hon. Jermaine Figueira MP.

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