Gov’t insists e-governance contract is legal

Insisting that the contract was legal but not addressing key issues and concerns surrounding the US$34 million e-governance deal, government yesterday launched an attack on civil society group, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).

It also scoffed at the suggestion by GHRA to pause the contract and allow for it to be taken to Parliament.

“The unfortunate but stark reality is that the GHRA is a sham organization, comprising a one man show, conducted by an individual who is highly partisan and who is incapable and unprepared to display any modicum of independence or objectivity in the public postures he takes,” a Ministry of Finance release yesterday stated.