Opposition should call gov’t ‘bluff’ on procurement body –Ramkarran

Ralph Ramkarran

The opposition should call government’s “bluff” on the Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) says former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran who posited that possible motives for the present stance of the administration are the sabotaging of the setting up of the body and a determination to do nothing to stop corruption.

Ramkarran, in his column in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek said that government is reneging on its own position by demanding that Cabinet’s no-objection role in procurement matters be maintained. “In the larger interest of establishing the PPC, the opposition ought not to reject the government’s demand,