Former PPP/C Housing Minister Dr Henry Jeffrey says that those who acquired lots at the Pradoville 2 housing scheme got them “for a steal” and he said it was clear that state resources were used by the then “regime and its confederates”.
The price at which the Pradoville 2 lots were obtained by former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a coterie of his former ministers and persons close to his government is presently the subject of an investigation by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).
Jeffrey’s statements in his March 22 `Future Notes’ column in Stabroek News will be seen as particularly