Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran is calling on either Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh or his wife Geetanjali Singh to do the professionally morally and ethically correct thing and resign from their post in light of the conflict of interest situation that has arisen with the latter’s ascension to Audit Director at the Audit Office.
“One party has to divest himself/herself of this undesirable situation,” said Goolsarran in a letter which appeared in the Sunday Stabroek.
He noted that when Dr. Singh became Minister of Finance following the 2006 general elections, he became responsible for the preparation and certification of the public accounts of Guyana. “The Audit Office audits these accounts and issues an opinion on their fair presentation in accordance with the