Former Auditor General of Guyana Anand Goolsarran says that if the government gets its way and Cabinet retains a permanent role in the procurement process, it could undermine the Public Pro-curement Commission (PPC) when it is finally set up.
Government is insisting on Cabinet retaining a no-objection role in public procurement even with the constituted PPC, a departure from its position in 2003 during the debate on the Procurement Bill 2003, when it said Cabinet’s role would “fade away” once the Commission fructifies.
Government’s insistence on Cabinet’s role in the process has become a major sticking point for the
