No Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is what an Organisation of American States (OAS) team here to follow-up on an anti-corruption convention will find next week, when it meets with government and civil society representatives from Tuesday to Thursday.
An OAS committee five years ago had urged the Government of Guyana to see to the establishment of the PPC to ensure transparency in the procurement of goods and services. The government has failed to comply with this and other recommendations of the committee, including a database of contractors and their record of performance or non-performance.
The OAS had also called for the sanctioning of government officials who infringe procurement rules. And the non-passage of