Clement Sealey was hastily put in place, it had become “painfully obvious” to him that he would be unable to act professionally as he is accustomed to in the position of Commissioner-General. Sattaur said soon after the new government was installed and the replacement for Mr. Lucas” and since he find statements by the GRA Chairman to be “most distasteful and offensive”, he is contemplating taking legal actions. He said because of “the many misrepresentation by Mr. “Even though, year after year I have been instrumental in achieving my revenue targets and surpassing them on all occasions it is worrying to say the least that last year I was informed unofficially of the GRA not attaining the revenue target by half of a billion due to my absence of only two weeks,” Sattaur said. “I have a deep concern for the welfare and well-being of the GRA since many of my close colleagues are employed there and from these displays coming from someone who is in charge of this important agency, I can only hope that my years of dedicated service do not go to the wayside and result in my former colleagues being impoverished,” Sattaur stated.
Sattaur noted that from the time the Chairman held the first press conference in which he accused him of having six vehicles in his possession at his home amongst other highly offensive things, he became extremely suspicious that he will be targeted in the future for various wrongdoings to which he is innocent and have knowledge of.įor the public’s information, Sattaur made it clear that he had only two vehicles in his possession, a Camry and a Fortuner, with the latter being repossessed by GRA. In justifying the reason why the outgoing GRA Head has been sent packing, Lucas told reporters that Sattaur was found to be in breach of taxpayer’s confidentiality, and that the revenue authority is currently examining its options as to whether he would be charged for this act, since the GRA has not “ruled anything out” thus far.īut Sattaur, in his response, said he is “extremely disturbed by the allegations made by the Chairman for corrupt practices” and is “equally devastated by his acts that have forced me to give a response to the many allegations made against me”. Sattaur’s explosive revelations came in a response late this afternoon to accusations made against him by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Chairman Rawle Lucas earlier in today, which stated that he (Sattaur) was dismissed because he was involved in corrupt practices and he breach a taxpayer’s confidentiality prior to the general elections held in May last year. Sattaur said he was also asked to promote persons who did not have the requisite qualifications rehire persons who were previously dismissed for corrupt practices and turn a blind eye to taxpayer’s files being photocopied and taken out of the agency. Cornered and forced to respond to accusations of being corrupt and breaching taxpayer’s confidentiality, fired GRA head Khurshid Sattaur came out swinging with some startling revelations of his own – including being asked on “repeated occasions” since the new Government took office to do various things such as settling taxpayer’s cases for meager sums that would have caused the country billions of dollar in lost revenue.
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