Government is still to act on the controversial Red House lease agreement that was made by the former PPP/C-led administration and Attorney-General Basil Williams yesterday said that action would be taken “within a reasonable time”.
Red House, which is now a repository of documents and information about late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan, came up for much public discussion after Minister of State Joseph Harmon, in August last year, disclosed that the PPP/C administration had granted a 99-year lease to the Cheddi Jagan Research Inc, a private company closely associated with the PPP/C, at a rate of $1,000 per month. The government had labelled the deal “criminal” and had signalled its intention to investigate it.