Dear Editor,
Much has been written on the pharmacy Bondgate scam. Does anyone really believe the APNU/AFC Members of Parliament, the cabinet, the President, the Prime Minister, and the minister of the Presidential Secretariat really did not know about the deal (arrangement) entered into between Larry Singh and the Ministry of Health?
They all met Singh during the election campaign in Florida and Singh travelled around with them. They all know Singh from the days of Tropical Airways. Moses and Khemraj also know about the problems PPP supporters experienced during Larry Singh charters. These AFC leaders let us down by allying themselves with Larry.
The coalition Government figures are simply pretentious, fooling an innocent unsuspecting Guyanese public giving an impression that the coalition leaders did not know about the fraud. Larry was seen fraternising with the PNC and AFC leaders at the PNC Congress.
Did these figures really not know who was/is Larry Singh and his reputation relating to scams (Tropical Airways and others)? As told by friends at APNU/AFC fundraisers in Florida, Georgia, Washington and in the greater New York area last year, Larry Singh facilitated huge donations in the tens of millions of dollars to the coalition during the election campaign.
The bond contract was clearly a payback for the huge campaign donations. Politics function this way — financial political investment must earn dividends and the coalition was simply providing an opportunity (through the bond scam) for Singh to recoup his investment with a huge rate of return.
New Yorkers know Larry well.
Contrary to what is being peddled to the public, Minister George Norton is really the fall guy (forced to apologise) for carrying out instructions on rewarding Singh.
Why does the public think, Norton has not been fired or asked to resign? It would be wrong to fire the man for carrying out directives even if he is unqualified for the position. Only the politically naive would believe that the coalition leadership were not in with the scan.
I study politics for too long, has been in journalism since the 1970s and know the Guyanese American community too well not to know what is going on behind backs and in the political underground.
Yours truly,
Vishnu Bisram
