People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive Aubrey Norton yesterday accused Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo of bribing former government parliamentarian Charrandas Persaud to vote in favour of a PPP-sponsored no-confidence motion, a charge that Jagdeo last evening rejected.
With the APNU+AFC government examining its legal options and amid a growing debate about the validity of last week Friday’s passage of a no-confidence motion against the David Granger-led government, Norton, at a press conference at Congress Place yesterday, claimed that Jagdeo has “taken his criminal actions to a new level by bribing a sitting Member of Parliament.”
“He colluded with forces in Trinidad and mobilised resources to bribe a sitting Member of Parliament in pursuance of his hunger for wealth and power with the hope that APNU+AFC government will not be able to prosecute him and his former Ministers who have criminally pillaged the Guyana treasury,” Norton, a PNCR Central Executive member, said, reading from a prepared statement.
