The Chief Co-operatives Development Officer, Lilian Miller and the former Chairman of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), Roy McArthur, have reserved comment on several allegations levelled against them by the current Chairman of the GPSCCU, Maurice Veecock until the outcome of a court matter involving the credit union later this month.
In yesterday's Sunday Stabroek in a news item on why the GPSCCU had not held an Annual General Meeting in recent years and the level of delinquent accounts, Veecock said among other things that Miller didn't like him. This was in response to a question over a May 31, 2001 order in which Miller said that the members of the committee of management under Veecock were incapable of managing the affairs of the credit union and she was therefore assuming control of the society and appointing a seven-member management committee headed by McArthur. A court hearing coming up on February 28 relates to this order.
Contacted by Stabroek News, Miller said she had at all times acted appropriately but could not comment until the completion of the court proceedings.
Veecock had also said that the delinquencies and other problems being cited had occurred under McArthur's tenure as Chairman and not his. He said that McArthur was delinquent on his own loan repayment and that the accounts for the period McArthur was in charge were in a mire. Veecock added that it was during McArthur's term in 1995-96 that crucial computer data for that period was lost.
When contacted by Stabroek News for comment, McArthur said he preferred to await the outcome of the court proceedings. He, however said, that the amount he owed was less than his share capital. He added that he knew nothing about the computer data allegedly lost during his stewardship. He said that he was a founding member of the credit union and had helped to build it. McArthur added that Veecock had campaigned against him, made slanderous allegations about him and organised a slate to oust him and take control of the credit union. He said that he had acted appropriately in relation to the credit union's affairs at all times.