Guyana’s corruption rating skewed, PPP says

The PPP will not accept Guyana’s rating on Trans-parency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as long as Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) plays a role in arriving at that rating.

Earlier this month Transparency International (TI) released on its website its 2013 CPI, which showed Guyana rated 136 out of 177 countries with a score of 26 out of 100; with 100 representing the lowest perceptions of corruption.

These scores were worse when compared to Guy-ana’s 2012 performance at which time Guyana scored 28. Observers such as