In what is being seen as another move by the Government to discredit the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Attorney General Anil Nandlall has declared that the association owes the state of Guyana more than $38 million.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Attorney General said the human rights body is not legitimate and he claimed that it has been deceiving the nation as it relates to its legitimacy.

“Contrary to the organisation’s claim of having all its “ducks in a row” the company has not been in Good Standing for nearly three decades,” the Attorney General said while accusing the GHRA of failing to file its Annual Returns since its incorporation in September 1979.

Added to that, the Attorney General contended that the organisation has has also failed to apply for Continuance under the Companies Act and therefore owes the State some $38.6M.

His statement comes one day after the Human Rights Association continued to hammer away at the Government’s US$35.4 million contract for the introduction of an electronic identification card system, with no consultation.

In calling for the project to be halted, GHRA said the move to operationalize the e-identification card in Guyana without the requisite legislative framework in place to guarantee Data Protection, is reckless in the extreme.

But the organisation’s concerns is not sitting well with the Government.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh was first to lash out at the organisation, declaring that the human rights body has no credibility.

In response, the GHRA said the Finance Minister chose to completely ignore its concerns, and instead concentrated on slandering the Human Rights body.

It said all of the allegations levelled against it regarding the finances, political impartiality and legitimacy of its elections are false and baseless.

The GHRA has described the current PPP Civic Government as hostile and vindictive. According to the human rights group, the government has done nothing to achieve inclusive politics.

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