While Finance Minister Winston Jordan maintains that the economy was being sustained by proceeds from the drug trade under the former PPP/C administration, he has dismissed a request by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) that he provide evidence to back up his pronouncement.
Jordan said the PSC wrote to him based on a letter he had written to Stabroek News but he was quick to point out that he never singled out any specific person or organisation.
“If, as Bob [Marley] says ‘who the cap fits,’ that is fine. I was amazed when I got a letter… asking me to provide proof to the private sector. I am doing budget and I really don’t have time to waste, essentially,” Jordan told a press conference last Wednesday.
