Anand Goolsarran says left Guyana fearing for his life, sees role in improving accounting practices

Anand Goolsarran

Seven years after he left this country secretly, fearing for his life and under “tremendous stress”, former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has returned; he has no plans to return to his former position but wants to contribute to Guyana employing better accounting practices when dealing with taxpayers’ money.

Goolsarran fled Guyana just as the infamous dolphin scandal reached boiling point and he believes that had he not left on January 1, 2005 he would not be alive today.

“I honestly believe that maybe I would not have been alive today…,” Goolsarran told the Sunday Stabroek in a recent interview, during which he spoke about the 15 tumultuous years he served as