WPA says IDB disrespecting Guyanese by silence on loans

Rupert Roopnaraine

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday accused the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) of disrespecting Guyanese by refusing to declare whether a US$17.2m environmental loan to Guyana has been disbursed.

Following the announcement of the loan, the WPA had written the IDB last week expressing concerns about unapproved expenditure by the government particularly in light of the suspension of Parliament. It called for a deferral of the disbursal of the loan. There has been no response from the IDB. Since the WPA’s intervention in the matter,