The People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration (PPP/C) will rehabilitate the controversial D’Urban Park during its second term in office. This was confirmed by the party’s General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo during his press conference today at Freedom House.
Jagdeo recalled that the park was built by the APNU+AFC regime at an approximate cost of $1 billion. Several iterations of the Auditor General’s report flagged the project for being shrouded in corruption as $600 million paid to contractors could not be accounted for. Another sum, $500 million, was taken from the treasury to help clear the debts of the special purpose company in charge of overseeing works, but proper documentation to show transparent spending was never produced to the Audit Office.
In the last five years, the facility has become an eyesore, used in part as a shelter by vagrants, ants nests and other animals. Jagdeo told members of the media today that the park will be rehabilitated following queries and recommendations from the public for the party’s 2025 manifesto.
“We will rehabilitate it…it was a monument of PNC corruption…you can’t tell me you spent a billion dollars on that but we will clean it up and fix it up in the next term,” the General Secretary assured.
