Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur today said that a call by the Alliance For Change (AFC) for him to resign is malicious and borders on intimidation.
The AFC call pertained to information that was contained in a recent report in Kaieteur News.
The GRA press release follows:
Political party, Alliance for Change (AFC) call for the resignation of Commissioner- General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Mr. Khurshid Sattaur is being viewed as malicious and borders on intimidation.
This is the view expressed by the Commissioner General in light of an article published on the online news site, News Source Guyana. According to the article ‘there is incontrovertible evidence as to the scandalous levels of this seemingly highly orchestrated illegal and vile campaign of fear and intimidation which reaches the highest level of government.’
The Commissioner General has stated that he is not aware of any ‘incontrovertible evidence’ which has been referenced.
Mr. Sattaur noted that it is rather duplicitous for the AFC to be calling on the GRA to ensure that taxes are collected from all in a fair manner, yet instead of standing up in support when such evasions are discovered, the focus has now been diverted to attack the agency on perceived revelation of information purportedly emanating from the GRA.
The GRA wishes to assure the public that the Agency is mandated to uphold the public trust and will continue to do so.
Mr. Sattaur also stated that ‘I will continue to carry out my duties as outlined in the mandate of the Revenue Authority, since failure to do so would be tantamount to me abdicating my responsibilities. He further noted that ‘it is unfair that in carrying out my duties it also requires me to exercise the Revenue Authority’s mandate against persons who are intent on bulliyism as a form of intimidation. However, this will not be condoned and any such acts will be spoken against.
