Concerned that a recent US$17.2M loan for Guyana that is to be used to strengthen the environmental sector could be misused for electioneering, the local human rights body has asked the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to defer release of the funds until after the May 11th general elections.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) announced yesterday that it wrote the Country Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on Thursday outlining its concerns that the loan, intended to support the government’s environmental strategy, could be abused for electioneering