Melandi Janki’s response leaves more questions than answers

Dear Editor,

READERS would recall that I had questioned Melandi Janki’s modus operandi in challenging ExxonMobil’s operations in Guyana, whereby she is seeking to sue that company together with the Government of Guyana (GoG).

I had pointed out that there is some amount of evidence that suggested she worked for ExxonMobil sometime during 1999 and 2015, and that it appears her services were not retained.

In another letter, I challenged some of her arguments on financial matters, her position on the feasibility of the gas-to-energy project, for example, exposing the inherent weaknesses and flaws with her contentions on these matters.

I am now writing with reference to her letter carried in the Stabroek News edition of February 3, 2023, with the caption: “I did not represent Exxon in the 1999 petroleum agreement.”

In her letter, she wrote that she was told that “somebody on Facebook or a chat show says I represented Exxon in the 1999 petroleum agreement.”

That “somebody” happens to be the undersigned, and she is very much aware of this because I emailed her both of my letters which were carried by two of the local newspapers.

I was also on the Guyanese Critic platform (a widely viewed platform in Guyana) with Freddie Kissoon and Leonard Gildarie, where the question was asked of me about her lawsuit among other things, and