Gov’t must have no-objection on state contracts – Ramotar

The President embraces some of his supporters after the Rally

President Donald Ramotar says that the government will take the necessary steps towards the setting up of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) as early as tomorrow as long as Cabinet is allowed to retain its no-objection powers as it relates to tendering of state contracts.

This particular position is nothing new as Adviser to the President on Governance, Gail Teixeira has said as much, but this is the first time that Ramotar himself has made such a pronouncement on the matter.

His statements came yesterday during the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C’s) “Return to Democracy” rally, held to