Dear Editor,
Now we have the Senior Finance Minister asserting at the Guyana Anti-Corruption Framework training workshop, organized by the Ministry of Governance, that he firmly believes transparency and accountability are crucial in the fight against corruption. He is following the lead of his President, who always maintains their government is transparent. Well, let them tell their Cabinet colleague Minister responsible for Petroleum according to the Petroleum Agreement with the oil companies to make public the receipt he obtained from the Commissioner-General of the GRA, who has to “properly prepare the receipts required under Article 15.5” of the same Petroleum Agreement, for the taxes that that Minister pays on behalf of the oil companies. While they are at it, let them also declare daily the current production and analyses of oil and gas. Then we can believe these Anti-Corruption calls for transparency and accountability.
Yours faithfully,
Alfred Bhulai
