AMONG the many accusations that have always been levelled against the  PPP/C administration have been those that relate to the award of state contracts for projects, as well as the tendering process. The critics contend that the manner of such a process is secretive, as it is not open to scrutiny, and therefore created the conditions for corruption. Such has been the chorus cry led by the Kaieteur News, that bastion of sensationalism; cheer leader hating-the-government; and the media mouthpiece of the political opposition.

To lay these unfounded accusations to rest, the administration established a website where all contracts for state business are since being published. This newly introduced pathway meant that the entire process was now in the public domain for all who may want to query, etc. And yet the incessant accusations about “secrecy” continue.

The administration has already done their part in answering the critics, by establishing an electronic depot for all information. They have fulfilled their responsibility in keeping with the principle of transparency.

But have these same critics, many of whom would have been around during the dreadful era of PNC rule, remembered the mysterious deaths of the late, former PNC cabinet ministers, Vincent R. Teekah and Shirley Field-Ridley?

These two incidents were never explained to the public, particularly that of Teekah, whose slumped body bearing a gunshot wound was found in his car, abandoned on the East Bank Road.

Clearly, this particular incident was one of murder and despite numerous calls from all and sundry, there was never any known investigation, much less public disclosure as to how the minister died.

Then there was the Walter Rodney assassination, whose inquest was held many years after with a verdict, if my memory is accurate, of death by misadventure. Whatever such a finding was supposed to have meant, never did inform the nation as who had been responsible for this international scholar’s death.

That these sad incidents are recalled, is to highlight the double standard and hypocrisy, especially of the political opposition in this nation, for these are some of the dark secrets which are yet to be properly explained to the nation. These were cover ups.