AFC won’t back Cabinet retaining role in contract process

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The AFC will not support a bid by the government to retain a role in the supervision of contract awards once the Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) is in place, party Vice-Chairman Moses Nagamootoo said yesterday, even as Minister Juan Edghill said there needs to be a call for consensus on the establishment of the body.

In response to a new call by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) last week for the breaking of the impasse over the PPC, Presidential Adviser on Governance Gail Teixeira noted that the government wanted an