For three and a half years since the 2011 general elections Region Eight’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and Central Government have been at odds with each other with the former accusing the latter of ghost contracts and lack of financial accountability.
Region Eight’s RDC is chaired by an Alliance For Change (AFC) nominee after the party teamed up in 2011 with APNU to defeat the ruling PPP/C’s candidate. The ongoing feud since has pitted the RDC against the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack who was appointed by the Local Government Ministry.
In an interview last week with Stabroek News in the mainly mining township of Mahdia, RDC Chairman Mark Crawford elaborated, “for the longest time I haven’t received finance reports.” He added “I noticed discrepancies in the Auditor General reports over the
