Dear Editor,
AN article about the costs of the Venezuelan case at the ICC was published in the Citizens Report that needs some adjusting. After all, how can it make sense that there is “suspicion” about the use of the Exxon bonus for the court case, when that was precisely what the administration said the funds were for?
Really what we should think is that this represents just the opposite of suspicious financial activity by a government. As the senior ministers said at the time the funds would be made available for the case- that is exactly what was done. Rather than scrounge around desperately for millions of USD our needs were well taken care of by level-headed planning.
Further, while the costs may be high we can seldom complain about this. This represents the smallest sacrifice when we consider what we have to lose. We need to support the national efforts to make secure our borders and guarantee the future for all further generations of Guyanese. Idle talk that raises baseless suspicions does our nation no good, and we expect to see better, than that from those commenting on the national interest.

Yours
Malcolm Marshall