THE Ministry of Finance says it has noted with consternation an “incredible” headline in the Thursday edition of the Stabroek News titled, ‘Finance Minister proposal on GuySuCo Chair draws opposition at Cabinet’, and the “equally incredible story” that followed.

In a terse statement, the Finance Ministry said Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan was in fact attending an important Pre-Governors meeting of the IDB in Jamaica, which ran from February 26 to 28, 2018, and only returned to Guyana on Wednesday night.
“Therefore, contrary to Stabroek News’ sources,” the ministry said in its statement, “Minister Jordan was NOT present at Cabinet on Tuesday, and consequently, did not propose, argue, make a presentation or reasoned with Cabinet as reported.”

The Ministry of Finance is therefore calling on the Editor of the Stabroek News to retract, forthwith, all actions attributed to the Minister of Finance in its article, and to apologise to its readers for this misinformation.