C.E.O of Roraima Airways Inc. Captain Gerry Gouveia has issued a public challenge to discredited academic and Kaieteur News columnist, Freddie Kissoon in which he is promising to relinquish ownership of Duke Lodge should the latter provide tangible evidence of any illegality in the groups acquisition of the said property, among others.
Gouveia, in a letter written and circulated to the media asked that Kissoon provide any 'scintilla' of evidence to challenge the following:
1. That Duke Lodge was put up for public tender in 2007.
2. That the tender was published multiple times in various newspapers.
3. That NICIL hosted a public seminar to brief potential bidders on the bidding process and the details of the technical specifications of the property.
4. That all bidders were notified about the place and time when the tenders would be opened, and were requested to be present.
5. That on the closing date June 29, 2007, nine (9) sealed tenders including one submitted by Roraima Airways Inc. were publicly opened in the presence of a representative from the office of the Auditor General.
6. That Roraima Airways Inc. bid of one hundred and forty million Dollars (GYD$140,000,000.00), was the highest bid, the next highest being one hundred and twenty-two million, five hundred Dollars (GYD$122,500,000.00).
7. That the Government of Guyana/NICIL took in excess of one year to agree to award the tender and release the property to Roraima Airways Inc. on October 23, 2008.
8. That Roraima Airways Inc. paid in full the said bid price, financed by a loan from Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited.
He also said that Should Kissoon provide any evidence of impropriety or lack of transparency (based on fact and not hearsay), he would agree to the following:
1. To return possession of Duke Lodge to the Government of Guyana free of cost, and without any compensation or refund of the purchase price, VAT, legal fees and improvement costs incurred in its acquisition.
2. To give him a gratuity of one million Dollars (GYD$1,000,000.00).
And should Kissoon fail to publish such evidence within twenty-eight days, he should give a promise to do the following:
1. Cease writing of all forms, in all and any form of print, electronic, and cyber media.
2. Publicly apologise to me and the staff of Roraima Airways Inc. in all forms of print, electronic and cyber media.
3. Take a one year leave of absence from teaching at the University of Guyana.
4. Relocate to the beautiful mountains of Monkey Mountain and voluntarily teach the children there for calendar year. I will personally fly him there free of cost, and provide free airlift of supplies, once monthly, for the period.
Gouveia also promised that should his challenge be accepted by Kissoon in order to facilitate documentary audits, he will place all relevant documents in the hands of Mr. Christopher Ram, the CEO of Ram & McRae, his company’s auditors since 1998. And that he also has no objection to NICIL releasing any information concerning the tendering process and sale of Duke Lodge.
Persons have doubted whether Kissoon, who is noted for issuing many such similar challenges will ever be able to take up this particular challenge himself as he is noted for ducking and dodging and even throwing in the irrelevant during exchanges with those whom he oppose.
Gouveia, in a letter written and circulated to the media asked that Kissoon provide any 'scintilla' of evidence to challenge the following:
1. That Duke Lodge was put up for public tender in 2007.
2. That the tender was published multiple times in various newspapers.
3. That NICIL hosted a public seminar to brief potential bidders on the bidding process and the details of the technical specifications of the property.
4. That all bidders were notified about the place and time when the tenders would be opened, and were requested to be present.
5. That on the closing date June 29, 2007, nine (9) sealed tenders including one submitted by Roraima Airways Inc. were publicly opened in the presence of a representative from the office of the Auditor General.
6. That Roraima Airways Inc. bid of one hundred and forty million Dollars (GYD$140,000,000.00), was the highest bid, the next highest being one hundred and twenty-two million, five hundred Dollars (GYD$122,500,000.00).
7. That the Government of Guyana/NICIL took in excess of one year to agree to award the tender and release the property to Roraima Airways Inc. on October 23, 2008.
8. That Roraima Airways Inc. paid in full the said bid price, financed by a loan from Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited.
He also said that Should Kissoon provide any evidence of impropriety or lack of transparency (based on fact and not hearsay), he would agree to the following:
1. To return possession of Duke Lodge to the Government of Guyana free of cost, and without any compensation or refund of the purchase price, VAT, legal fees and improvement costs incurred in its acquisition.
2. To give him a gratuity of one million Dollars (GYD$1,000,000.00).
And should Kissoon fail to publish such evidence within twenty-eight days, he should give a promise to do the following:
1. Cease writing of all forms, in all and any form of print, electronic, and cyber media.
2. Publicly apologise to me and the staff of Roraima Airways Inc. in all forms of print, electronic and cyber media.
3. Take a one year leave of absence from teaching at the University of Guyana.
4. Relocate to the beautiful mountains of Monkey Mountain and voluntarily teach the children there for calendar year. I will personally fly him there free of cost, and provide free airlift of supplies, once monthly, for the period.
Gouveia also promised that should his challenge be accepted by Kissoon in order to facilitate documentary audits, he will place all relevant documents in the hands of Mr. Christopher Ram, the CEO of Ram & McRae, his company’s auditors since 1998. And that he also has no objection to NICIL releasing any information concerning the tendering process and sale of Duke Lodge.
Persons have doubted whether Kissoon, who is noted for issuing many such similar challenges will ever be able to take up this particular challenge himself as he is noted for ducking and dodging and even throwing in the irrelevant during exchanges with those whom he oppose.
This is a challenge that we wouldn't see Freddie reply to cause he doesn't have the proof of his writing.Well is a good thing that UG sacked him so he could go monkey mountain easy.
ReplyDeleteI hope that he do his end cause he always known of running his mouth and then when he cant provide proof he hides under a rock for sometime before coming out.
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