Former Presidents Donald Ramotar and Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disputed the $348B sum the European Union (EU) said it has pumped into the sugar sector here from 2006-2013.
“I heard the EU Ambassador (Jernej Videtič ) say that they have given some $348B to Guyana for sugar. He obviously has made a very serious mistake because that is not true. As far as I know the EU has given no more than $31M USD ($6.3B) [during the PPP/C’s term in office],” Ramotar told Stabroek News yesterday.
“What he should do is give a year by year figure for sugar. Make public how much was given for each individual year…This is a serious mistake, a definite mistake and makes us look bad,” he added.
Last Thursday, Videtič informed that the EU would have provided a
