Complaint against Finance Minister filed with accountants group

Dr. Ashni Singh

Robert McRae, one of the partners of the Ram & McRae accounting firm, has lodged a complaint against Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG), alleging that he has continually broken the law while in control of public spending.

In his complaint, McRae noted that one of ICAG’s functions is to “regulate the discipline and professional conduct” of its members and its registered students “by maintaining strict professional ethics.” “If the Act and the By-Laws apply to students it must surely apply to the conduct of the country’s highest ranking chartered accountant,” he said in the complaint.

McRae’s complaint comes days after Chairman of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge wrote the ICAG seeking guidance on the