Civil society representatives from the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) of the Guyana Extractive Industries Trans-parency Initiative (GY-EITI) have restated their commitment to transparency and accountability and called the government out on their blunder over the secret signing bonus from ExxonMobil.
A source told Stabroek News yesterday that at a meeting between the executive body of the GY-EITI and representatives from Civil Society, Industry and the Government which form the MSG, the representatives from Civil Society made a statement reaffirming their commitment and position on transparency and accountability.
“We believe that it wasn’t in keeping with the principles of transparency and called the government out and asked them to re-evaluate their assessment of what transparency really means. We reminded them that the resources of Guyana are for the people of Guyana and pressed them to have that reflected,” the source pointed out, while explaining that the group took a collective stance to get the work done to ensure that proper systems are put in place, rather than responding to every headline in the press.
