Being in opposition and running a government are two different kettle of fish.

As a Government, people have to be forward looking and focused on floods, sugar crisis etc, etc, etc.

Only and idle government will focus on the PPP past when there is a live flood in progress.

So you will have to wait.

Three weeks and nothing done except for wasting time with awards, pardoning PNC'ites prisoners and appointing incompetents to the cabinet.

Alena06 It soon come and it will come like a bad ass huricane

NICIL, GRA, 30 others for forensic audit – Minister Jordan

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan

By: Kiana Wilburg

It appears that Finance Minister, Winston Jordan was not bluffing when he said recently that several forensic audits will be conducted to ascertain how the assets of the state were sold, disposed of or transferred under the previous administration.
Preparations are already afoot for a series of rigorous audits on state agencies, national projects and funds which were deemed by the A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to be tainted by some form of corruption.
Jordan said that he has submitted a list of about 30 state entities; funds and national projects to the Ministry of the Presidency which he believes warrant an immediate forensic audit. He said that once Cabinet gives the green light this week, work shall commence. The special team will comprise of “highly qualified and competent officials skilled in this sort of exercise,” the Finance Minister expressed.
Kaieteur News understands that among the top agencies to undergo rigorous audits are the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).
Jordan said that preliminary discussions were already held with NICIL’s head Winston Brassington and GRA Commissioner General, Khurshid Sattaur.

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo

Other funds slated for Cabinet’s approval of an audit come next week include; the Lotto Funds and the controversial account belonging to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).
As for the Consolidated Fund which is in heavy overdraft, Jordan said that they have not cleared the deficits as yet but are in the process of making steps to do so. He said that a decision was also taken to close all inactive accounts.
Apart from being accused of having a “family affair” at the tax office, Sattaur was also bashed by the APNU+AFC when it was in the opposition for misusing his powers.
In fact, on October 6, 2014, the APNU threatened that it would bring a malfeasance in office charge against Sattaur.
This came after the revelation of the Commissioner General sending emails containing the tax information of several media houses to former President Bharrat Jagdeo.
This information was then forwarded to former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon had contended that that action is, without a doubt, an undeniable breach of the Oath of Secrecy that was taken by the Chartered Accountant.
Since the revelations by this newspaper, calls have been unending for Sattaur’s immediate resignation.
Harmon had deduced that Sattaur’s actions indicated that he feels he is in the “Wild, Wild West and his office is his ammunition.”

GRA Commissioner General, Khurshid Sattaur

He had said, “he (Sattaur) has inflicted diseases on the GRA, those being—disregard for professional ethics, disregard for the rights of citizens to confidentiality, disregard for integrity that his office should have, and most of all a blatant disrespect to the fourth estate’s right to freedom of speech and the country’s right to democracy. They are now spreading to the other ministries.”
The AFC faction of the coalition government in a statement it had issued to the media last year expressed similar sentiments, while calling for the resignation of the GRA boss.
As for NICIL’s Head, Winston Brassington, the APNU+AFC was also relentless in condemning the official for his involvement in several alleged corrupt activities.
On numerous occasions, calls were made for him to hit the road too. He has been at the helm of some of the most controversial projects including the Marriott Hotel, funded with mostly taxpayers’ money.
He has been blamed as well for being unable to deal with the significant line losses incurred by the Guyana Power and Light and lost the confidence of several top officials in the new administration for being trusted to run anything with honesty and integrity.
When contacted for his input, Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo said that the forensic audits were promised to the Guyanese people to be undertaken within one hundred days and at least mechanisms should be in place for these critical audits to be conducted.

NICIL Head, Winston Brassington

The Minister of Information mentioned the case of the sugar industry being crippled by the previous administration, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). He said that there is certainly an urgent need for a “full and complete disclosure” of what went wrong.
As for NICIL, the First Vice President articulated that this entity has been the focus of the APNU+AFC’s attention as one of the “hidden or secret empires of the previous gangs” which served as a parallel budget.
Nagamootoo emphasized that certainly, the agency is one that requires a strict investigation and he would eagerly look forward to the recommendations for its restructuring and the way forward.
He stressed that the APNU+AFC government is one that stands for inclusionary democracy and the right procedures will be undertaken for justice to be had as was promised to the citizenry.
As for the olive branch extended to the PPP to join the unity movement, the Minister said that “it is still fresh and green” and he hopes that the previous administration will not “wait until it withers before it can embrace cooperation as its new method of struggle.”

We give Jagdeo and his ninck-kon -poop ideas 15 years before we dropped the hacket on him.

Give the people 100 days.   Where is your Conscience?

"The special team will comprise of “highly qualified and competent officials skilled in this sort of exercise,”  Waiting to hear who are these highly competent PNC'ites and what they find.  So what else have they done so far...ZILCH.   Backward lame dogs.

By the time this is finished all you PPP folks will run and hide in shame.

Guysuco.  Are you proud of the mess that the PPP has made?  And this is just the START!

I hope the state of the consolidated fund and the Sugar industry has not still left thee daft? As the saying goes, willful ignorance in oblivious to facts.

Almost all of Guyana, including many Blacks said LFSB had a bundle of cash, as much as $800 Mil USD hidden in SWiss accts.  After all these years, I don't see LFSB kids living like the have $800 mil.

Accusations are the easiest thing to make.  Prove beyond a reasonable doubt, is another thing.  If the PNC thinks their claim to fame will be going after PPP officials, they making a big mistake and squandering valuable political currency.

Hope is a loser's dream.  You talk a lot about yourself these days.

You would know that...if it is your experience. You crabdogs always think you are more than you are by wishing others are in your own particular state. It matters not...you still can see the logie in your rear view.

The proof of PPP crookishness is there.  Lavish lifestyles way beyond that which one can live on a minister's salary.

We can therefore suspect that there must be even more ill gotten assets to find.

alena:

*Not a single PPP Minister or senior executive will be charged with corruption---not one.

* Right now lots of PNC/AFC politicians are drooling---they are dying to suck on the MILK & HONEY.

* Mark my words---the PNC/AFC will be more corrupt than the PPP.

Rev

Correct, as such in does not matter, but you still dwelling in your moral morass.

Indians were always accused of "lavish" lifestyles, even during the PNC days, nothing new there.  In the old days, you even suspected Mother Durga printed money for Indians in the dark of night.

FACT:

*The GNI PNC/AFC supporters are clearly not enjoying the election victory by their party. Deep in their hearts and minds they know that their beloved PNC is the same old, same old--nothing new--same old thinking---same old results.

BOTTOM LINE:

* David Granger and his Cabinet lack the COMPETENCE to lead Guyana to greater prosperity.

* BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION WILL BE MORE RAMPANT UNDER THE PNC/AFC THAN UNDER THE PPP.

Rev

How many times have you been proven wrong, bai? Like yuh want mek it in de Guinness Book of Recards or what!

Baseman go wallow in your tears that these blacks, who you think are lazy, criminal, dirty, illiterate and unproductive, ended their years of being enslaved by the PPP.

Baseman don't wallow, is alyuh who covet anything Indian acquire.  Big house was always pon alyuh mind.  The Black situation hardly change even under LFSB's PNC.  Even you admit.  Alyuh try deh.

Rev, lets all make a commitment to prevent the APNU/AFC from engaging in any form of corruption...instead of "marking" your words, we need to be pre-emptive.

Witch-hunting for those of you salivating at the thought on this board will not do us any good. Expose past corruption where it existed ...yes...but we need to focus on the future. Granger (and the PPP too) have a lot on their plate right now. Lets keep our eyes on the prize fellow citizens