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The Government of Guyana has expressed concern about the purported misuse of public funds by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R).

In a statement by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon at the Office of the President, it was noted that information has been provided that the main Opposition Party received $100M from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to pay Opposition party scrutineers and has not accounted for the money over the past four months.

“Information is also available that the Opposition scrutineers are being used to agitate against the Government to protest,” the statement further said.

On this note, Government stated its intention to inform its international and cooperation partners of this misuse of public funds by the party.

“The Administration intends to ensure that the PNC/R accounts properly for its receipt and use of public funds,” it added.

Over the past month, during his weekly press briefing, the HPS has been registering Government’s concerns about the slow pace of the National Registration exercise and the various problems being encountered by citizens when they attempt to get registered. Registration has been ongoing in preparation for the country’s Local Government Elections.