AFC Region Three councillor, Harry Narine Deokinanan says that there is no opposition representative on the Region’s Tender Board and as a result contracts cannot be scrutinized at the time of the award and this has led to the “corruption” now being seen.
Deokinanan, in speaking about this recently, had said that a number of PPP councillors on the Regional Democratic Council have themselves or their children, been awarded contracts worth millions to construct minor roads and clean trenches and this is against the Code of Conduct that governs these contracts. Region Three Chairman, Julius Faerber could not be reached for comment last week despite several attempts. When contacted several days earlier, he had said that he would respond in a letter to the newspapers on the same matter.
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