| – Ramjattan demands details on Amaila Falls,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Marriott, airport expansionA fiery session is expected Thursday in the National Assembly with the government being put to task by the Alliance for Change (AFC) to come clean on controversial multi-million dollar projects.AFC Parliamentarian Khemraj Ramjattan is going as far as asking the government to release full contracts, such as that for the bungled Amaila Falls road project which is estimated to cost taxpayers $3 billion or more.Ramjattan has moved to the National Assembly to demand answers from the government, given its penchant for resisting full disclosures, including keeping signed deals secret, such as the project for the expansion of the country’s lone international airport at Timehri.The AFC has made no bones about getting the government to fess up on large scale controversial projects, and by putting the questions down in writing,NFL Jerseys China, it would be hoping the information would flow.Specifically,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Ramjattan has asked the questions of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn.The two government Parliamentarians are duty bound to answer questions once the Speaker has seen it fit to put it down on the Order Paper for the day’s sitting.Ramjattan has asked that Minister Benn provide copies of the contract documents for the road leading to Amaila Falls where the government intends to build a mega hydropower station to supply all of the country’s electricity demands. The project was originally handed to Florida puja shop owner Fip Motilall for a total of US$15.4 million. The previous Bharrat Jagdeo administration vociferously defended the project even though there were swirling questions about Motilall’s competence to execute the project. However, the current Donald Ramotar government in January decided to pull the plug on Motilall, but not before he had already been handed almost half of the contract sum.Ramjattan wants Minister Benn to provide a breakdown of all payments made to date on the project.On the airport expansion project,Cheap NFL Jerseys Stitched, Ramjattan wants Prime Minister Hinds to provide copies of the agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to design and build a terminal at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.The previous Jagdeo administration signed the US$138M contract with CHEC, but Guyanese only learnt about it after a report appeared in the Jamaican press in late November last year.On the proposed Marriott Hotel project, Ramjattan has a string of questions. He is asking for Minister Benn to provide a copy of the agreement between the government and China Shanghai Construction Group for the construction of the hotel.Ramjattan has also asked for the Minister to provide a copy of agreements entered into with Atlantic Hotel Incorporated, the company that the government set up to enter into the agreement with the Marriott. He also has asked for the Minister to say who the shareholders of Atlantic Hotel Incorporated are and for the Minister to provide documented evidence of this.In addition,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Ramjattan has questions about the management fee and to whom the payment would go for operating the projected US$52M hotel, and what rate of return taxpayers will get per annum.Ramjattan wants to know if any feasibility or any environmental impact studies were done prior to the agreement(s) being signed. If these were done, he has asked the Minister for a copy of each.Further, in relation to the financing of the Marriott Hotel, Ramjattan has asked for the facts on the financing structure and arrangement of this project, namely, how much equity has been committed and by whom,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, how much will be borrowed from which bank, and whether any (and how much) State funds have been spent and are committed.Ramjattan has also asked to know if there is any government guarantee to any financial institution or Chinese company.Other questions Ramjattan has relate to the owners of the land on which the Marriott Hotel is to be built and for the Minister to provide the copy of transport or title or lease. |
