The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) has not responded to a June, 2012 request by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for guidance on whether the appointment of the wife of the Minister of Finance to the number two position in the Auditor General’s Office is a threat to the integrity of the public audit process.
This disclosure was made by the Chairman of the PAC, Carl Greenidge in a letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News. A separate complaint in July 2012 to the ICAG on this matter lodged by Robert McRae of Ram and McRae alleging a conflict of interest between the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Auditor General