Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran’s sudden burst into the political limelight seems to be motivated by political ambition, while he masquerades as an independent analyst on accountability issues in Guyana.
Mr. Goolsarran was a ‘toothless poodle’during his 25 years in the Audit Office of Guyana, because of his

cowardly stance of silence on the economic mismanagement,unaccountability and atrocious corruption that existed in the then People’s National Congress (PNC) government.
Over the last few months, Goolsarran began a sudden onslaught of criticism against the ruling PPP/C administration that was so unwarranted and unjustifiable that many wondered what his real motive was.
There were ramblings from him about the quality of work coming out of the Audit Office of Guyana, criticisms about the Lotto fund, and there was also his prejudiced, biased, and outrageously flawed Corruption Perception Index from Transparency International, of which he is the Vice President of the Guyana Chapter.
Mr. Goolsarran and Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan are bedfellows to the extent that last week the AFC confirmed him as one of two nominees named for the Public Procurement Commission. The other is Christopher Ram.
However, reminiscent of his track record as Auditor General, questions are surfacing as to the level of his commitment to ‘transparency’, since it was under his watch during the Peoples National Congress administration that Auditor General Reports had not been produced for years prior to 1992.
While many laud the fact that he has finally found his voice, they insist that the credibility of this new-found roar must be taken into consideration, adamant that a former Auditor General who stayed silent on rampant and blatant corruption in the past cannot and should not be taken seriously when he now speaks of “wanting to play a part in ending corruption.”
No one can honestly or sincerely debate the fact that the period following Guyana’s independence in 1966, until 1992, when the PPP/C Government returned democracy to Guyana, was the worst in terms of corrupt practices at every level, including as it relates to public accountability.
Yet there was nothing but deafening silence from Mr. Goolsarran in his much esteemed position of Auditor General during those years.
Ironically, he himself admits to the sad state of affairs which existed during his tenure. In his recently launched book “Improving Public Accountability,” Goolsarran  points to the fact that “Guyana has had a sad history of public accountability since it attained its independence from Britain in 1966. A culture of ‘non-accountability’ had developed at almost all levels of government, so much so that when the new government took over in 1992, there was no reporting of the government’s financial stewardship for 10 years.”
It is almost laughable that this same individual… whom Khemraj Ramjattan, in nominating for the Public Procurement Commission, described as an “accountant considered qualified enough to work with an arm of the United Nations as an auditor”… would admit that under his watch as Auditor General, Guyana had a “sad history of public accountability,” expects to be now viewed as  credible.
It is now glaringly clear that the final objective toward which all of Goolsarran’s deceit is directed is the pursuit and capture of political power in the miniscule AFC camp.