Reeper posted:Are none of the talking points listed by Jagdeo true? I suppose it is easier to attack the prior president than to debunk his claims of the current govt corruption.
That's all that the AFC/PNC can do. They are the most corrupt party on planet earth and they run for cover when Jagdeo exposes their corruption.
They failed to upkeep their election promises.
The AFC/PNC cannot dispute these facts because they are a bunch of thieves:
"Corruption under this Government, according to the PPP, has reached to such alarming levels that the March 2018, U.S State Department Report’s International Narcotics Control Strategy identifies Government corruption, for the first time in Guyana’ history, as one of the main source of money-laundering.
“In short, we have a Government of money-launders,” the PPP outlined in a press statement.
The media release from the PPP came days after the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) filed charges against on Wednesday against former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, and former head of the National Industrial Commercial and Investment Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington.
Both men served under the PPP Government and are accused of selling prime state lands to private developers below market price and without property valuation.
In three short years, according to the PPP, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) + Alliance For Change (AFC) Administration has managed to completely by-pass the public procurement process, mandated by law, and has handed to its cronies and financiers, hundreds of contracts to the value of billions of dollars.
“Indeed, its corruption is only surpassed by its incompetence,” the PPP stated.
The party listed a series of events which it said points to corrupt practices.
The PPP described the Coalition as a Government that refuses to submit itself to the Integrity Act, which requires the submission of their assets and earnings of Ministers and public officials.
Further, the party stated that the Government voted against a Motion, tabled by the PPP in the National Assembly, which called upon all Members of Parliament (MP) to disclose their Integrity Commission submissions as well as their income tax submissions for the past 10 years.
Additionally, the PPP stated that the Government surreptitiously stashed in a secret bank account, US$18M, received from oil giant ExxonMobil as a signing bonus and uttered not a word about it to the public, for over a year, until the information was leaked to the press.
HEALTH
The party outlined that in one single transaction, the Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence ordered the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to purchase $620M in drugs and pharmaceuticals supplies from an identified supplier, without any resort to the procurement process.
The PPP stated that the Minister then shamelessly and publicly accepted a gift of a freezer from the supplier to store some of the pharmaceuticals. What is worse, the pharmaceuticals were acquired at a cost of over 100% more than their market value.
Further, the PPP pointed to the Government’s decision to rent a house in Albouystown for $14M per month to store pharmaceuticals. The opposition noted that the house can only yield a rental of approximately $100,000, on the open market.
The PPP stated that over $300M has thus far been paid in rental for this bond.
“Again, there was no resort to any form of procurement, in relation to the rental of this house in Albouystown,” the PPP stated.
This very landlord, the PPP stated, is a member of the People’s National Congress (PNC). The landlord, according to the PPP, rents a building from a sitting Minister, which is situated in the heart of the city, for $800,000 per month."