APNU denies receiving funding from Glenn Lall – APNU leader David Granger
BRIGADIER David Granger, Leader of the Opposition, has dismissed allegations made by the Guyana Times that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has received millions in funding from publisher of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall, and has assured that APNU has never received funding from Lall.
Glenn Lall
Granger responded to the Guyana Times’ allegations yesterday at an APNU weekly press conference held at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition on Hadfield Street.
The Guyana Times article, published on January 1, 2015, said: “Kaieteur News tabloid has been pumping into the political Opposition parties, Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). This support has been estimated by objective observers as totalling in the tens of millions annually.”
The daily newspaper declared thus: “The Guyana Times was told by several businessmen that they were forced by Lall to join the Funding a United Committee for Opposition Presidency (FU.COP). This is reminiscent of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) – formed in 1990 by businessmen like C. N. Sharma. They pumped in millions for the re-election of then President Desmond Hoyte. The businessmen said Lall ‘made them an offer they couldn’t refuse’, since he had made up stories and “snitched” on them previously to the U.S. Consulate, as revealed by WikiLeaks.”
The Opposition Leader denounced the content of the article, stressing that, “A Partnership for National Unity has never received any money or any funding from Mr. Lall or Kaieteur News.”
Moreso, Granger made it known that he is not even aware of what FU.COP is, neither has there been any meeting with his party and the said Committee. “I don’t know what FU.COP is about; we have never had any meeting with FU.COP,” he said.
Without mentioning its source, the Guyana Times further alleged that, “Lall’s ownership of a newspaper allows cash to be collected every day, and this gives him the opportunity to cover the money trail from his other “sketchy” sources of income, as described by the U.S. Political Officer, to be funnelled to political Opposition through FU.COP.” -- (Ravin Singh)
