Granger administration not transparent

Dear Editor,

The nation was promised so much by  APNU+AFC prior to May 2015, but after a year and a half in office and despite all the lip-service the APNU+AFC government proffers, the Granger-led administration  is entirely un-transparent.

In support of this assertion, the following examples are cited:

  1. Despite all efforts pursued, the citizens of Guyana to this day still do not know who were the criminals pardoned by President Granger. We do not even know exactly how many were released or what were their crimes. In addition, when the opposition sought to solicit this information through the Parliament, the Speaker who was proposed by the APNU+AFC government refused to allow the question being put;
  2. To this day, no one knows who donated to the D”Urban Park project or what was the total amount spent on it or how much is outstanding to contractors even though the nation was initially told that no public funds would be spent on it;
  3. This nation has seen the Minister of State Harmon’s refusal to address comprehensively the private jet China trip. We were promised a press conference on the issue upon Harmon’s return but that never happened. More importantly, this nation has not been told what Harmon was doing on that private jet in the first place;
  4. The opposition has asked scores upon scores of questions and promises were made on the floor in Parliament by ministers to provide information and in most instances that requested information was never provided;
  5. President Granger’s repeated refusal to have an open press conference with the media. There are these staged events with selected media personnel;
  6. This nation still does not know how much was spent on the inauguration. Further, the government was dishonest by saying to the nation initially that no public funds were spent when it was later revealed in the Parliament that public funds were indeed spent;
  7. The government has now stopped the release of names of persons contracted to work for the government. The PPP/C government were required to release the names and the APNU+AFC in opposition used that information to scandalise professionals;
  8. There are a host of contracts which the Government promised to release but never did. In fact, we saw the position of this government articulated when the minister stated openly in Parliament that a contract would be released if the other party consents;
  9. What exactly happened the night Pyle, his wife (a nurse), and the canter driver got killed when SOCU in what President Granger termed as a “legitimate operation” attempted to unlawfully detain my wife. A host of questions remain unanswered e.g. who gave the orders, and this nation is left in the dark because President Granger has said there will be no inquiry.

Yours faithfully,

 Charles S. Ramson

 Attorney at Law

Member of Parliament