The newly-elected head of the local corruption watchdog group says it is not too late for Guyana to put mechanisms in place for a better ranking on Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which is due to be released later this year.
“With four months to go, it is not too late to put in place certain mechanisms aimed at reducing perceptions of corruption, such as the appointment of members of the Public Procurement Commission, the Integrity Commission and the Public Service Appellate Tribunal, and the appointment of an Ombudsman, among others,”
