Re: This bannas lick up Guyana. THIEF

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Former Member

Dear Editor,

Please allocate me, temporarily, a plot of space in your letter pages to seek from the Honourable Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall clarification on a question he posed to Mr. Nigel Hughes, Chairman of the Alliance For Change, during the fourth installment of the seven-part debate series, that centred on the “President’s Benefits and Other Facilities”, being hosted by the National Communications Network (NCN) on corruption in Guyana.

In the debate Mr. Nandlall asked Mr. Hughes what is wrong with former President Bharrat Jagdeo selling his property (a house built on a house lot allocated to him by the Ministry of Housing) and thereafter getting another allocation of two acres (or a size approximating that) from the said Ministry.

In light of Mr. Nandlall’s question, Editor, and as a potential applicant for a house lot from the subject Ministry, I would be thankful if Mr. Nandlall can clarify for all actual and potential land allottees the following: (1) wasn’t former President Jagdeo treated preferentially when, unlike ordinary Guyanese, he was not prohibited from selling before the stipulated time (I think ten years after acquisition) a house lot allocated to him by the Ministry of Housing (MOH); and (2) wasn’t former President Jagdeo treated preferentially, yet again, when, based on Dr. Roger Luncheon’s High Court testimony a call was made to the former Regional Chairman of Region 10 pertaining to a potential allocation of a house lot, far less than two acres, in Pradoville II.

Editor, in light of my second concern, I would be intellectually indebted to Mr. Nandlall (who claimed that similarly to former President Jagdeo, the other allottees of land in Pradoville II could have also gotten two acres if they had so desired, and that there is no empirical evidence to conclude otherwise), if he can clarify for me, and perhaps all Guyanese, whether the call made to the former Regional Chairman of Region 10, is not tantamount to the empirical evidence he sought from Mr. Hughes in support of the claim of preferential treatment given to former President Jagdeo.

Editor, does Mr. Nandlall want Guyanese to believe that former President Jagdeo was the only one entitled to land in Pradoville II that expressed the desire, and had the financial capacity, to purchase two acres at $5M per acre? Or, Editor, is Mr. Nandlall saying to Guyanese that only former President Jagdeo was entitled to sell, before the stipulated time, a house lot allocated to him by the MOH and then be given another shortly thereafter? And therefore, none of the others entitled to land in Pradoville II could have taken a loan, purchase as many acres as possible (since, according to Mr. Nandlall, it seems that the entitled could have purchase more than they did), and shortly thereafter, quickly resell at market value, and happily repay the loan.

However, Editor, it seems to me that, contrary to Mr. Nandlall’s arguments, the allocation of land in Pradoville II was done not on the basis of market forces (demand and supply through the “invisible hand&rdquo, nor was it done on the basis of demand through the “visible hand” (the entitled whom Mr. Nandalall seems to claim were not interested in having the same size of land as did former President Jagdeo), but rather on the basis of “preferential supply” through the “visible hand” (the caller/s).

Yours faithfully,
Cindy Sookdeo
Region Five
Mahaica/Berbice

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Former Member

Sourced - from Emile Mervin

The man did not get preferential treatment; the man gave it to himself! And he helped others, which means he is set for life. No other sitting head of state in truly law-abiding democracies would build a mansion, not live in it, sell it to a diplomat retained by the government, and build a second mansion. Think of the huge questions this would generate, if not an inquiry into his or her source of funding. Yet, he built his first mansion for GY$20M and sold it to one of his Guyanese-born diplomats running an advertising agency in Trinidad for GY$120M, and the same diplomat is now part of an advertising agency in the Sanata Complex, which owned by a friend. The network of greed and collusion during the Jagdeo era was expansive beyond imagination; this goes beyond preferential treatment.

4/3/149:02 PM

MarsSenior Member

Originally Posted by KishanB:

Sourced - from Emile Mervin

Is sheer crookishness these tiefmen are into.

4/3/1410:35 PM

Former Member

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‘Turn-around’ team for GuySuCo soon – Jagdeo

Posted By Staff Writer On January 8, 2009 @ 5:28 am In Archives | 6 Comments

Eyes 400,000 tonnes per annum
An interim board set up to steer the local sugar industry as it struggles to recover from a tough year and braces for imminent price cuts from Europe, is expected to be in place within the next few weeks President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

President Bharrat Jagdeo

Jagdeo referred to the work of the soon to be initiated team as a “turn around plan” while underscoring the need for industry stakeholders to provide significant input into the new strategy, which he said, will aim at cutting expenditure. He emphasized the need for new managers at the helm of the sugar industry.

Jagdeo made this disclosure at his first media briefing for the year held at the Office of the President yesterday, when he also pointed out that he personally held talks with the sugar company and stakeholders such as the union to discuss what was happening at the time. Further to the discussions, he said Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud has consistently pointed out the problems at GuySuCo in writing to him.
He noted that sugar production sank catastrophically last year, declaring that the board and management at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) should have responded better to the crisis since the signs were there. According to the President, his concern had reached the stage where he had even approached the banks and asked for loans to build infrastructure in the sector while agreeing to waive the corporate tax on the returns.

He emphasized that sugar production must ultimately reach 400,000 tonnes, as it is the target should the new factory at Skeldon become operational.

Jagdeo alluded to the factory being non-operational at the start of the new crop season by asserting that his government will not take over a factory that is not functional, and he charged that the Chinese must fix it.

“It’s a turn-key contract and the Chinese have to fix it and the company has already started to institute delay damages which is part of the agreement, and this amounts to around US $5.2M”, he said.

Previously Jagdeo had announced that changes would have been made at GuySuCo in the new year, declaring at the time that the company has significant management issues that have impacted on the current state of the industry.

GuySuCo had admitted that several factors have contributed to a very poor year in 2008 for the company resulting in its lowest production level for many years, but it affirmed that the situation has not deteriorated to the point where it has to turn to the government for funding.

4/4/1410:26 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by KishanB:

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‘Turn-around’ team for GuySuCo soon – Jagdeo

Posted By Staff Writer On January 8, 2009 @ 5:28 am In Archives | 6 Comments

President Bharrat Jagdeo

He emphasized that sugar production must ultimately reach 400,000 tonnes, as it is the target should the new factory at Skeldon become operational.

Guysucko get eye turn!

4/4/1410:27 AM

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