Cordis slams ‘plans’ to cover up Essequibo Nite ticket sales scam

Archie Cordis

Archie Cordis, an AFC councillor attached to the Region 2 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday voiced his suspicion of plans to sweep events surrounding the illegal reproduction and distribution of this year’s Essequibo Nite tickets “under the rug.”

Cordis told Stabroek News yesterday that he learned of the formation of a committee whose purpose it is to investigate the creation and subsequent distribution of bogus tickets for the event. He added that each and every member of the committee either belongs to the PPP/Civic, or is a PPP activist.

The councillor questioned the propriety of the decision to choose such persons for this particular responsibility instead of regional representatives, asking the question “is it [Essequibo Nite] no