Referring to the deal under the APNU+AFC administration for the conversion of the former Ocean View International Hotel into an infectious disease hospital as potentially “incestuous,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said hotelier Jacob Rambarran “will have a long wait” for any payment for the property.
Jagdeo has justified his position by saying that the new PPP/C administration plans to launch an investigation to determine how the previous government arrived at the deal and the manner in which public funds were utilitised for the hospital, which was dubbed the Centre for Disease Prevention.
“I must say he will have a long wait! A long wait! Because we believe a lot of irregularities and illegalities took place through this deal. That will be fully investigated…,” he told a press conference on Friday in response to Rambarran’s recent demand for $65 million owed in rent.