| Abuse of Lotto funds, NICIL revenues also addressed |
| Saturday, 04 September 2010 | |
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… AFC complaints to US State Dept. Apart from the issues surrounding Makeshwar Fip Motilall and Synergy Holdings Inc that were raised by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan with members of the US State Department, it was revealed that several financial irregularities were highlighted. The AFC informed that the abuse of Contingencies Fund, pronouncements by the Auditor General of corruption and irregularities, the misuse of money collected through the Lotto Funds and NICIL revenues through the sale of State assets, were also raised. It was pointed out by the delegation that some of these monies are not scrutinized by Parliament since the Government has placed them in specialized accounts. The Alliance For Change delegation also raised the issue of the Government utilising taxpayers monies to set up a competitor Marriott franchised hotel to compete with Pegasus and the lack of transparency of this deal. The delegation presented the US officials with a corruption dossier along with a document stating why the AFC is of the view that Guyana could enter the abyss of a failed state category. They made a case that in Guyana there is a dictatorial tendency in the present administration. When word first broke about the AFC’s dealings in the US with the State Department, President Bharrat Jagdeo had lashed out at the party calling them unpatriotic. AFC Leader Raphael Trotman in defence of his party’s action reminded that when the PPP was in opposition it paraded around the world seeking to expose what the PNC was doing in order to seek to have them removed from power. He added: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel and I believe that it is just as unpatriotic to be wasting taxpayers’ valuable money, for not dealing with corruption, for allowing people to get killed without justice being served.” Trotman was emphatic that his party is not afraid, while stating that the AFC has a right to expose all of the ills taking place in Guyana, especially when, according to him, “the President spends so much of his time trying to paint an image abroad as if this is a perfect place”. The AFC leader said that it is overseas that the President spends much of his time, “and so it is out there that we are going to tag him, to ensure that those with whom he associates also know not only the good, but also the bad.” |
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