Norton, Duncan among 185 public officials who failed to declare assets to Integrity Commission

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and Alliance for Change Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan have been cited by the Integrity Commission for failure to declare their assets in compliance with Section 19 of the Integrity Commission Act.
Published in the Official Gazette on August, the Commission said that, as of July 30, 2024, numerous public officials failed to submit their required declarations for the 2023 period (June 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). Those include officials from various regions, ministries, and councils. Among those who failed to submit their declarations were Member of Pparliament Dineshwar Jaiprashad; Head of Committees – National Assembly, Sonia Maxwell; Director of Consumer Affairs, Muriel Tinnis-Duke; numerous regional councillors and officers from Regions One through 10, including Region 7 Chairman Kenneth Orville Williams, and several former mayors and town clerks from various town councils.
Additionally, Former CEO of Guyana Power & Light Inc, Bharrat Dindyal; Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Saisnarine Kowlessar; and several members from the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board and the Judicial Service Commission are on the list.
The Integrity Commission has since issued a stern reminder for persons to submit their 2023 Declaration Forms by September 2, 2024. According to the Commission, failure to comply would result in penalties as stipulated in Section 22 of the Commission’s Act No. 1997. This includes a fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for up to one year. Additionally, continued non-compliance would incur an extra fine of $10,000 for each day the offence persists.
Last year, when several senior Government servants and officials were flagged for failing to submit their declarations to the Integrity Commission, Government had taken a stance that, should those persons remain incompliant, they would be asked to leave their jobs.