Breaking its silence on the complaint filed by AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan against Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh over alleged illegal spending of public funds, the Guyana Police Force yesterday afternoon said it believes that the issue is an administrative one but it is awaiting advice on how to proceed.
Ramjattan filed the complaint in July after it was found that government had spent more than $4.5 billion of the $37.4 billion cut from this year’s national budget. Singh, in June, tabled a financial paper seeking the approval of the House for the extra-budgetary spending, triggering the ire of the parliamentary opposition, which have since cited the issue as the foundation for a motion of no confidence filed against the government.
In its first public response to Ramjattan’s complaint yesterday afternoon, the Police Force, in a