Georgetown: President David Granger has deemed a statement by his Former Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo as “inaccurate” and noted that “no international or financial institution has linked support to the Guyana’s national COVID-19 campaign to the outcome of the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections.”
Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force Moses Nagamootoo had said he believes that financial assistance from international financial institutions are being withheld until a new Government is in place.
“We cannot for sure say whether some of these international multilateral lending agencies are going to be dealing with Guyana’s applications any time soon. They probably would want to sit it out and wait until the President is sworn in,” Nagamootoo had said.
Below is a statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency.
The Ministry of the Presidency has noted reports published in Friday’s (April 24, 2020) daily newspapers which suggest that foreign partners as well as international financial institutions, are unwilling to provide Guyana with financial aid to combat the dreaded Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) because the country’s electoral process is incomplete.
That suggestion is inaccurate.
Guyana remains engaged with several of its partners. It was only on Thursday, April 23, 2020 that the United States of America (USA) announced that financial aid to the tune of US$475,000 will be provided to help address Guyana’s priority areas in its fight against COVID-19.
The Ministry wishes to make it clear that no international or financial institution has linked support to the Guyana’s national COVID-19 campaign to the outcome of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.
No international financial institution has indicated that financial aid has been made conditional upon the completion of the electoral process.
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