International Lawyer, Melinda Janki, has called on the President of the World Bank, Mr. David Malpass, to immediately investigate all contracts that fall under the US$20M Guyana Petroleum Resource Governance and Management Project.
International Attorney-at-Law, Melinda Janki
Her appeal to the World Bank President is premised on the fact that at least two ExxonMobil linked consultants were able to grab projects that will determine what laws and policies Guyana will use to regulate ExxonMobil and other major oil and gas companies.
Expounding on one of these two cases, Janki noted that ExxonMobil, with the blessings of certain World Bank officials , have hired a law firm, Hunton Andrews Kurth, to draft legislation and policies for Guyana’s petroleum sector. This very company, however, has been representing ExxonMobil for 40 years. As such, Janki believes that this matter represents a clear conflict of interest as well as a violation of the bank’s procurement rules.
In her letter, which was endorsed by other local transparency advocates, the lawyer said, “We therefore request that you immediately order a full independent investigation of the Guyana Project and the issues raised in this letter; halt the Guyana Project including stopping all disbursements and work; and inform the unconstitutional de facto administration in Guyana that the Guyana Project has been halted.”
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