Guyanese public officers urged to file integrity declarations
Guyana’s Integrity Commission will soon embark on a name and shame campaign to highlight public officers who did not submit their 2022 declaration of income, assets and liabilities.
In an advertisement in the state-owned Sunday Chronicle, the commission said only 663 of the 1,491 specified public officers filed their declarations.
“The Commission is now preparing to take the next step in the process as set out in accordance with the Integrity Commission Act, No. 20 of 1997. As of February 2023, the Commission has sent out notices to several Specified Public Officers for failure to file their declaration,” the commission stated.
“The next step is, defaulters will see their names published in the local press and the official gazette. The final step, if declarations are still not received would be to seek prosecution of the defaulters.”
Public officers, who fail to file declarations, will be fined and imprisoned for no less than six months once convicted.
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