Dear Editor
THE auditor general a few weeks ago stated at length the number of recommendations he has made across the various government ministries. He also made it seem, however, that his recommendations were largely being ignored. This is far from the case.

His numbers themselves indicated significant amounts of his work had been made use of either wholly or in part. What they did not include, however, is an indication of whether any of his recommendations are long or short term, large or small in scale. It seems to me that the ones that are easier to address would be implemented first, and that this probably represents the ones he mentioned have indeed already been made use of.

Further, if he is trying to imply that the coalition is soft on corruption, that makes little sense. After all, haven’t we seen an active SOCU and the establishment of anti-corruption and money-laundering agencies such as SARA and the FIU? These represent serious and meaningful steps to eradicate corruption and should not be undervalued.

What the auditor general wants to see is progress, which makes sense. But an accountable, corruption- free Guyana will take some time, so the best I can say to him is to be patient, because we are clearly moving in the right direction.

Regards
Shawn James