The government side of the Public Accounts Committee is refuting the Opposition’s accusation that the PPP/C government is attempting to avoid scrutiny.
In a release yesterday, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill (a PAC member) expressed his determination to “set the record straight” regarding what he saw as another attempt by the Opposition to “mamaguy” [hoodwink] the Guyanese people.
To bolster his point, the Minister noted that the PAC is currently examining the 2019 Auditor General’s Report. This report, he explained, happens to be from the year after the successful passage of the December 21, 2018, Motion of No Confidence, which he contended, should have led to an election within three months. He also pointed out that this is the period during which the APNU+AFC refused to demit office. As such, he argued that it is “abundantly clear,” that the current APNU+AFC Opposition would have preferred a situation, where three of their members could meet as the PAC, and gloss over the illegalities, corruption, mismanagement, and maladministration, that occurred during that period.