President Donald Ramotar last week blamed the opposition for the prolonged delay in establishing the constitutionally mandated Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) but he remained cautiously optimistic that the two sides would reach agreement.
“I hope that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC )will work on it to establish it, whatever methodology they use and so forth we ll see,” said the President in response to a question on why the commission is not yet established. He added that he hoped the PAC would take steps to fast-track the process.
Tracing back the origins of the disagreement prior to the November 28 General Election, Ramotar recalled that the then PAC, of which he had been a member, had agreed to the criteria of
