Totaram posted:Zed posted:Totaram posted:Baseman posted:Totaram posted:Bibi Haniffa posted:My great grandfather was a senior employee of a sugar estate. He bought his land. No loans. Worked hard and saved his money to buy it. Now I see why you are so obsessed with Jagdeo house that he built after serving as President of Guyana.
If PPP supporters are so confident that their party is clean they should support a disproportionate wealth bill. We'll then see if people with public sector salaries could buy the properties held by some politicians. Many countries have disproportionate wealth legislation, e.g., India, Nepal, UK.
Get real banna. Thievery in Guyana is normalized. The PNC will not apply that standard, neither will the PPP. They both serve and protect each other in the partnership of thievery.
It could happen if the people demand it. The Coalition is more likely to favour such legislation. Moreover, there is independent evidence that corruption in the public sector is less prevalent under the coalition. Have a look at the 2109 Transparency International report on corruption. You'll see that Guyana is among three countries identified as having significantly improved.
This is a perception index, not evidence, nor is the Guyana group independent. How much have they said about the excesses by this govt? Very little! How many ministers of this govt. have not filed their financial report to the Integrity Commission? How many reports did Granger file any for the past four years? He has filed None!
TI is highly respected and there is corroborating evidence for its findings. The Integrity Commission can do little to fight corruption as the assets reported to it are not made public and no one has ever been prosecuted based on those assets being disproportionate to income. It may be just window dressing.
Highly respected by whom? It is perception that they are using and it is stated clearly. What is the corroborating evidence. The government spent over $600,000,000 on forensic audits and to this point, I do not think a politician has been convicted - nearly 5 years. Tell me the laws that the that the govt has put in place to fight corruption since it came into power. I grew up in the rural area of Guyana and I know that if something occurs at one end of the village and you quickly ride to the other end of the village, you will hear at least half a dozen different versions of what occurred.
You cannot have it both ways. The integrity commission was set up by law and there are penalty sanction. It is not just window dressing. What should be instructive to you was that the most important official in this country has failed to file his statements for over four years. What is the message this sends to all Guyanese? Good example for the ordinary Guyanese who are trying to make ends meet.
Furthemore. JAgdeo had suggested that the statements be made public, but the coalition opposed it. Why.