A clean confession, combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has a right to receive it, is the purest form of repentance.
Mahatma Gandhi
There was a recent letter to the editor in which the writer sought to defend the Minister of State’s actions in the appointment of a Ministerial Advisor on Business and in intervening in the operations of the Guyana Revenue Authority 
(GRA) in its attempt to seize two luxury vehicles owned by Baishanlin International Inc. This company has persistently failed to honour the investment agreement it had signed with the Government for the setting up of a wood processing plant Region No. 10. While it is the democratic right of everyone to express his/her views, the letter writer chose to launch a venomous attack on a number of individuals and organisations that spoke out on the above two matters – Christopher Ram (Attorney-at-Law and Chartered Accountant); Ambassador Rawle Lucas (the hands-on Chairman of the GRA); myself; Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.; and the Stabroek News. The letter writer is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana which has By-Laws and Code of Ethics that guide the conduct of its members, especially as regards making pronouncements that are likely to bring a fellow member in public disrepute.
Article 117 of the Constitution states that there shall be a Secretary to the Cabinet whose office shall be a public office. Public office is defined as an office of emolument in the public service. On the other hand, by Article 103, Vice-Presidents and other Ministers are appointed by the President from elected members of the National Assembly.
