{"id":26889,"date":"2025-03-12T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26889"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:27:29","slug":"president-ali-criticizes-transparency-internationals-corruption-perception-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-criticizes-transparency-internationals-corruption-perception-report\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Criticizes Transparency International&#8217;s Corruption Perception Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><br><em>February 13, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has expressed concerns over the credibility of Transparency International&#8217;s (TI) latest Corruption Perceptions Index, suggesting that it may be politically biased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to questions from reporters about Guyana&#8217;s ranking of 39 in TI\u2019s corruption assessment, President Ali questioned the impartiality of the report, asserting that it lacked credibility and might have been influenced by political factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Celestine-President-on-TI-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that the perception indicators used by Transparency International need to be subject to a fair and impartial process in order to be credible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that if the evaluations are influenced by individuals with political motives or agendas, the results will be skewed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further emphasized that independent, fair assessments should involve interviewing all relevant parties, including government representatives, to ensure the accuracy of the findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite TI&#8217;s negative ranking, the President highlighted that other reputable agencies have recognized significant progress in Guyana\u2019s efforts toward improving accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine ChaconFebruary 13, 2025 President Irfaan Ali has expressed concerns over the credibility of Transparency International&#8217;s (TI) latest Corruption Perceptions Index, suggesting that it may be politically biased. Responding&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26891,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26889\/revisions\/26891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}