– with Greenidge and Goolsarran on the PPC

BOTH Carl Greenidge, former Finance Minister, and Anand Goolsarran, former Auditor General, pride themselves on being transparent, accountable and credible financial gurus.However, the facts are that these two gentlemen presided over Guyana’s worst economic mismanagement; it was characterised by gross financial mismanagement, wholesale corruption, and high levels of unemployment and inflation rates, and an overall sense of lost hope which permeated the entire society. Guyana’s social and economic stability also took a severe beating.
Greenidge, now Shadow Finance Minister of APNU, and Goolsarran of the AFC, have both been nominated to become permanent fixtures on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), and have proposed a whopping $100M for the operation of the PPC. This exorbitant demand must be met before any definitive decision is undertaken by the government, and so the blackmail continues.
My view is that the return of Greenidge and Goolsarran (financial goofs) is far from coincidental, and can be tied to APNU and AFC’s ludicrous proposals/conditions/demands in exchange for the passage of the Anti- Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) Bill. These demands and their intransigent positions are by design, intended to hurt Guyanese businesses and financial institutions.
I strongly believe that regardless of whatever concessions are offered by the government, APNU and the AFC will not support the AMLCFT Bill, since it is their ideological intent and in their best interest to capitalise on the impending financial crisis, should Guyana be wholly exposed to economic sanctions by the international France-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Furthermore, in my opinion, the establishment of the PPC along with the already established Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will serve as proxies of APNU and AFC to puppeteer the strings of the Executive to achieve their narrow-minded political agenda.

ERIN R. NORTHE