THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has voiced concerns over the recent sacking of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raj Singh and members of its Board of Directors (BODs).

According to PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee, “The political victimisation by the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) regime against persons perceived to be sympathetic to the previous PPP/C Administration must stop.”

He further asserted that the firing of Singh and members of the Board is particularly worrying, and speaks of an ominous intention on the part of the Granger Administration to dismiss and humiliate the hard-working professionals who they consider close to the PPP/C.

He said: “We condemn the selective attacks of our professionals, and we will not sit passively by and allow this dismissing to continue against office holders simply because of their ethnicity or political persuasion…this is a dangerous precedence condemned by all fair minded individuals and groups.”

However, when questioned about Raj Singh’s performance during his tenure as the CEO of GuySuCo, Rohee disclosed that there was no question of non-performance, as his calls for a further $16B to be pumped into the industry is a statement that is not new.

“Everybody knew about that, when the Opposition at that time (APNU+AFC) voted against a bailout of GuySuCo… Now they are acquainted with the information, there is a turn-around.”
According to the newly-installed Government in a recent statement, “Over the years, GuySuCo has been sinking further into debt due to ineffective operations both at the financial and production levels.”

It said, “…to ensure that the Corporation continues to survive, the Government has put in place an Interim Management Committee (IMC) which will oversee the Corporation for at least six months.”

According to the Guyana Government, before the end of this month, it will establish a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to look in to the operations of GuySuCo and chart a way forward.

 
By Navendra Seoraj