Dear Editor,
It is always interesting to see the debates in the National Assembly and the February 28 Budget debate was no different. PNCR MP Mr Winston Murray was at his best accusing the Government of corruption claiming that 20 percent of the $8B allocated to the Ministry of Transport and Hydraulics will be “leaked” or in other words skimmed off by Government Officials.
In the debate shown on NCN, Minister Robeson Benn’s reply was informative and enlightening. He challenged Murray to produce evidence of this corruption that he mentioned.
Benn’s point was that if the PNCR members know that there is corruption in the Ministries then it should not be difficult for them to obtain the evidence. He even went on to advise how the evidence could be obtained.
What is worthy of note is that for all the talk of corruption in the Ministries the PNCR has never produced hard evidence to support their contention.
The PNCR has some very competent lawyers who I am sure, as pointed out by the Minister, can obtain evidence through their own investigations. Further there is the media who are always at their disposal and will expose any dirt they can find on the Government. So the question is why have they not exposed this corruption that they keep speaking about?
The answer is very simple, as long as you can say something over and over again people will begin to believe what you are saying. You do not have to produce evidence.
I hope that Mr Murray and the guys from Congress Place will begin to ‘put up or shut up’
Yours faithfully,
Jean Ramroop
