The privatization recommendation of the Parvatan Commission must be rejected?By Sase Singh?INTRODUCTIONPart 1 of this Sugar Series was an important column since from the inception, there were no “smoke and mirror”Sase Singhimpressions; the reader was absolutely clear where I stand on the recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into GuySuCo. The recommendation of privatization by the Parvatan Commission must be rejected emphatically as a result of an incomplete financial review.But let us rewind to the Terms of Reference (ToR) for this Commission.? Reading the ToR, one felt assured that this Parvatan Commission was going to develop a “plan to bring the industry back to profitability and assure its economic survival” in the medium term. Actually,NFL Jerseys China, item 3 of the ToR stated clearly that it plans to “examine avenues/opportunities to make the industry viable in the near future.? In the event it is not realizable, then all other options, including diversification and divestment, will be considered.”But after spending over $70 million and investing more than 3? months of collective executive time on this Report, we are no better off.Have all the opportunities been examined to take GuySuCo out of distress? Certainly not!? After reading that Report twice, since I could not believe my eyes the first time around,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, I am convinced that this Parvatan Commission did a grave injustice to the people in the sugar industry.They clearly did not deliver on the expectations of the ToR.? What they failed to do was “prepare a Road Map for the way ahead for 2016-2030,Jerseys From China, structured in five-year intervals with stated goals and modalities of implementation” as was asked for by the ToR.When one reads this CoI Report, one can quickly see it was not constructed to help stabilize the business at least for the period 2016-2030, while at the same time significantly reducing the size of the financial call on the Treasury.There was no clear plan in this CoI Report on how the financial footing of the company will be strengthened and how we are going to use good corporate governance with less political interference to deliver greater value for money to the stakeholders in the industry.? The Parvatan Commission did not provide advisory support, they were on a mission to gather evidence in support of a pre-meditated position – privatization.IT’S THE CASH FLOW STUPID!There was no short-term cash flow forecasting or any recommendations on how to manage the available working capital to free-up cash for the critical capital works needed in the fields and factories.? Before we even move forward,NFL Jerseys Outlet, there is very little clarity around the cash inflows and outflows, and this must be established.There are just too many inconsistencies in this Report around cash outflows from GuySuCo – estate by estate.?? If these basic elements in the cash flow are not clearly understood, we can recommend the moon; it matters not.That PPP-sponsored Raj Singh Business Plan was a “hocus-pocus” Road Map, with pie in the sky numbers and shifty key performance indicators (KPI), of which very few were achievable.? The Commission quite rightly rejected the Raj Singh/PPP Business Plan; it was a document conceived in deception to cover criminality.But the Parvatan Commission has replaced the PPP financial numbers with an even less germane set of financial information.? So GuySuCo right now is living day-to-day; paycheck-to-paycheck, like a corporate bum with no plan, no vision, no direction.? At a minimum, this CoI Report should have been the basis to inform the creation of a new Business Plan for GuySuCo. In its current form it cannot.After wasting some $70 million on this CoI Report, we should banish the financial section of this document since it is not fit for professional consumption.? If the financial assumptions are incorrect, then we are clearly basing our financial recommendations on an incomplete process.THE REALITY – ACUTE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIESGuySuCo is currently facing acute financial difficulties, caused mainly by the repairs to the Skeldon Factory, poor prices and an extremely high cost of production.? Two of them are difficult to change situations in the short-term and therefore, we have limited control.? Sugar prices and the repairs to the Skeldon Factory are a given,Wholesale Jerseys From China, which has to be absorbed into all future plans for GuySuCo.The reality is that a fair chunk of the taxpayers’ G$12 billion is going towards fixing the Skeldon Factory.? Therefore let us bury that myth that it is going into the pockets of the sugar workers; it is not.? Let us also clarify that this cash-gu