Corruption remains a challenge in Guyana and should be seen as a national threat, says former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Simon Bond, who ended his tour of duty here last week.
“I think there are still clearly some governance challenges here. I think corruption is a challenge. There’s no guaranteed way of course, of knowing in any country how much corruption there is,” Bond told Stabroek News in an interview at the British High Commission on Thursday. He said that some measure can be taken by the conviction of persons but pointed out that there have not been many convictions for corruption here and “I don’t think that means there is no corruption.”
He pointed out that Guyana does not rate particularly highly on Transparency International’s index of corruption perceptions and while it
