PPP challenges Ramjattan over Minister chairing NICIL

Khemraj Ramjattan

The PPP has called out AFC Leader and now Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on his “deafening silence” regarding the appointment of Finance Minister Winston Jordan as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

Ramjattan, while in opposition, had criticized the Finance Minister chairing the government holding company saying that it was a conflict of interest.

In a statement, the PPP said that on the surface, Jordan’s appointment looks normal and, as a matter of fact, it is customary. “However, the point of contention is Ramjattan’s defiant opposition of Dr. Ashni Singh, then Minister of Finance being the