Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Thursday admitted that the US$1.6 billion figure he had said was the external public debt was incorrect and that the figure actually stands at US$1.2 billon, with the domestic debt standing at US$0.4 billion.
Jordan, who had quoted the figure on June 26th in the National Assembly, used the same forum to apologise for his earlier mistake and “for the erroneous impression created.”
He said it was on his return from Venezuela to Guyana that he was informed that the figure he quoted was