Following the United States Government’s imposition of sanctions for corrupt behaviour against three prominent individuals and entities associated with two of them, we note the Authorities’ recent actions. However, such actions appear cosmetic and have not gone far enough to address the root causes of such behaviour and to initiate investigations with a view to taking appropriate disciplinary action against all persons involved, including those who may have aided and abetted these individuals to commit these immoral and unethical acts.
When civil society activists, including anti-corruption and transparency advocates, speak of corruption in government, they are considered anti-government and are maligned, vilified and treated as enemies of the State. This is most unfortunate, considering that if the recommendations of these advocates, who have the interest of the country at heart, had been taken on board, Guyana would not have been in the state it has found itself today in the eyes of its citizens and indeed the world at large.