Dear Editor,
The fresh outburst by the Mayor of Georgetown at the recent Statutory Meeting of Council where she criticised the Audit Office of Guyana and the Ministry of Communities, fundamentally says two things:
First, that she is not happy, comfortable or welcoming to any type of audit being carried out at City Hall, which she knows can and will reveal corruption, fraud, and improprieties which will make all other institutions in Guyana look like a kindergarten class compared to City Hall’s University of Sleaze, something that every citizen of Georgetown is well aware of.
Second, by lashing out at these two institutions, it shows the level of decadence that some institutions in our country have sunk to.
It is unimaginable that the Mayor who has no knowledge or experience in auditing could just glibly attempt to bring these two institutions into disrepute because they highlighted just a small fraction of the transgressions that are a standard at City Hall.
Recall her attempts previously to have a former Town Clerk examined and investigated by the same Audit Office of Guyana? I guess that the shoe is now on the other foot.
It is my hope and that of every decent citizen that the Audit Office of Guyana and the Ministry of Communities will not be fazed by her attacks and would not just constrain themselves of the G$300 million they gave to the Council, but rather carry out an audit of all of Council’s records for the last decade.
Best regards,
Jermain Johnson