Prosecution of corrupt officials needed to bolster confidence in justice system

Brent Hardt

US Ambassador Brent Hardt says Guyanese need to see officials prosecuted for corruption and other malfeasance if they are to have assurance that the justice system goes after persons who commit such crimes.

“…I would say that there is corruption in every country all over the world and there will always be corruption. The question is what countries do in response to that. That is the message that we and other western countries carry. No country is going to be without corruption but you’ve got to have the proper mechanisms in place, ideally, first to make it hard for corruption to take place and even with those institutions in place there will always be people who figure a way around them,” Hardt told Stabroek News