AFC accepts Lawrence’s account of $605M purchase

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has accepted Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence’s explanation of her role in the $605 million emergency drug procurement for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) which did not comply with the law.

However, Party Leader Raphael Trotman said, the issue highlights the need for the speedy start of work by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). “I could see how it happened and I accept Minister Lawrence’s account of how she found herself in this unfortunate situation,” Trotman told Stabroek News on Friday.

“The whole matter raises glaring and fundamental flaws in the system which I am hoping the PPC will