{"id":24150,"date":"2022-09-15T22:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T03:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=24150"},"modified":"2022-09-15T18:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:08:49","slug":"call-made-for-probe-into-allegations-against-guyana-vp-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/call-made-for-probe-into-allegations-against-guyana-vp-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Call made for probe into allegations against Guyana VP Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guyana<\/p>\n

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) \u2014 Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) Monday called for a commission of inquiry to examine the allegations of bribery and corruption made against Vice-President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo during an international television programme earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jagdeo has denied the US-based\u00a0Vice News<\/em>\u00a0investigative report and President Irfaan Ali has indicated that there should be an investigation.<\/p>\n

In a statement, TIGI said it does not know how such spectacular allegations could be allowed to fester for so long without action on the part of the Government, especially after both President Ali and Vice-President Jagdeo were recorded as having agreed that an investigation was necessary.<\/p>\n

It noted that since the first report became public, Jagdeo\u2019s zeal to respond to the reports appeared to have withered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf alacrity was the hallmark of the VP\u2019s response to the first allegations, we would have to say that foot-dragging and temporising appear to have set in to dissipate whatever sense of urgency developed after the latest revelations.\u201d<\/p>\n

It called on the Administration to act and have the investigations conducted, especially as it pushes a new anti-corruption framework.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very impressed with the new thrust, although we were concerned that there were no questions entertained. We were impressed because much was made of the role of some 14 laws enacted or updated since 2003 to combat corruption, including the Audit Act No 5 of 2004; the Procurement Act, Cap 73:05, (2003); the Access to Information Act; Anti-Money Laundering; and countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day that passes with these\u00a0Vice News\u00a0<\/em>reports dangling in the wind is a day in tension with Government\u2019s stated anti-corruption aims.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the television programme, a number of Chinese businessmen, including a close friend of Jagdeo, detailed various allegations of corruption in the Government and also alleged that Chinese investors would have to pay bribes to the vice-president to land Government contracts.<\/p>\n

But Jagdeo has threatened to file a lawsuit following the allegations made by businessman Su Zhi Rhong.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had said that\u00a0Vice News\u00a0<\/em>lied on him and had issued a statement [to this effect]. Now that they have him on record as though he was doing this, that he claimed he was not doing, that means he has abused the access and friendship he had with me to rip people off.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I am going to take legal action against him because he is damaging my reputation in doing [so], and also he will no longer, as I had said in the past when you had asked me about it, he will no longer be a tenant,\u201d Jagdeo said.<\/p>\n

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Guyana \u00a0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) \u2014 Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) Monday called for a commission of inquiry to examine the allegations of bribery and corruption made against Vice-President (VP)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":2771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[157,154,116,153,71],"class_list":["post-24150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-anti-corruption","tag-conflictchallenge","tag-guyana","tag-legal","tag-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Small-business-Kaique-Rocha-pexels.jpeg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-6hw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22658,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/amaila-falls-project-could-go-back-to-tender-vp-jagdeo\/","url_meta":{"origin":24150,"position":0},"title":"Amaila Falls project could go back to tender \u2013 VP Jagdeo","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"June 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana CONSTRUCTION for the US$700-million Amaila Falls Hydropower station (AFHP) could possibly go back to tender, as the current executing company, China Railway Group Limited (CRGL), is having difficulties honouring its commitment to the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) contract that it signed. 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