Ram sees violations over OP contract workers payments

Christopher Ram

Chartered Accountant and attorney, Christopher Ram says that Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh could be in violation of two Acts if he has gone into the Contingency Fund to withdraw money to pay contract workers at the Office of the President.

The opposition had slashed provisions for contract workers in historic cuts made to this year’s budget.

Ram, in a letter published in the Stabroek News last week, recalled an announcement in September by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon that “no one lost their jobs” and that