THE State Assets Recovery Unit is recommending that Attorney General Basil Williams put systems in place so that charges of “misconduct in public office†can be laid against former President Bharrat Jagdeo and five ministers of the former administration.The five former People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government ministers at reference are: Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud; Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford; Education Minister, Priya Manickchand; Labour Minister, Dr Nanda Gopaul; and Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee.
The recommendations follow a probe into what sort of procedures were followed prior to the transfer and issuance of prime State lands at Sparendaam, on the lower East Coast, to former government ministers and persons perceived to be their friends and associates.
Among those who were fortunate to have secured land in up-market “Prado Ville 2†are Ghansham Singh and Kamini Parag-Singh, son and daughter-in-law of former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh; Florrie Loretta Ramnauth; Compton Bourne; Ramesh Dookhoo, former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC); Gary Best, former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF); Shalimar Ali-Hack and Moeenul Hack; Raj Singh; Shaik Baksh, former minister of housing and water; Lisaveta Valantina Ramotar, former President Donald Ramotar’s daughter; Andrew Ranji Bishop; Safraaz Khan; George Hallaq and Nada Hallaq; and Future Developers International (Guyana) Inc.
The recommendations follow a probe into what sort of procedures were followed prior to the transfer and issuance of prime State lands at Sparendaam, on the lower East Coast, to former government ministers and persons perceived to be their friends and associates.
Among those who were fortunate to have secured land in up-market “Prado Ville 2†are Ghansham Singh and Kamini Parag-Singh, son and daughter-in-law of former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh; Florrie Loretta Ramnauth; Compton Bourne; Ramesh Dookhoo, former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC); Gary Best, former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF); Shalimar Ali-Hack and Moeenul Hack; Raj Singh; Shaik Baksh, former minister of housing and water; Lisaveta Valantina Ramotar, former President Donald Ramotar’s daughter; Andrew Ranji Bishop; Safraaz Khan; George Hallaq and Nada Hallaq; and Future Developers International (Guyana) Inc.