After it was publicly disavowed by President David Granger, United States lobbying firm JJ&B LLC has submitted a brief contract document to the United States government in which it now states that it has been employed by Joseph Harmon and David Patterson on behalf of the APNU+AFC coalition.
The firm’s previous declaration that it had been retained by the Guyana government drew intense scrutiny last month when then Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon claimed that it was hired as part of government’s attempt to change the narrative surrounding the disputed polls, the results of which were still to be finalised.
Based on the new document, signed on April 20, two days after President Granger disavowed the firm, the coalition will pay JJ&B a monthly retainer of US$40,000 for the duration of the contract.
