The Wales Watchdog Series: Part 111

𝗕𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗬

If Part I exposed the contractor’s checkered past and Part II mapped the offshore shell games, Part III uncovers the most disturbing layer of the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project:

The Inside Job. A project of this magnitude requires robust legal defense to protect the national interest. Instead, The 592 Guardian has found that the lines between the “Defender of the State” and the “Counsel for the Contractor” were not just blurred—they were non-existent.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧” 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬: 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗔 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡

At the center of this web sits Devindra Kissoon, the founding member of London House Chambers and the President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Guyana. Our investigation into the UK “Paper Trail” and local High Court filings has confirmed a stunning conflict of interest that effectively “disarmed” the Government of Guyana (GoG) before negotiations even began.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺’𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁: As early as 2021, Kissoon and his firm were retained by the CH4-Lindsayca network. London House Chambers publicly boasts of representing the consortium to “secure” the natural gas plant deal.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁: Simultaneously, Kissoon has served as a prominent retained counsel for the Minister of Natural Resources and the state-owned Guyana Power and Light (GPL)—the very entity that must buy the power Lindsayca produces.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Our forensic look at 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗖𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗟𝗣 (𝗢𝗖𝟰𝟰𝟰𝟴𝟴𝟮)—the UK entity used to trigger the US$102M arbitration—shows it was registered on November 30, 2022. Kissoon, a UK-qualified barrister and “London House” principal, is alleged to have been instrumental in engineering this specific UK-based structure to “armor” the contractor against local Guyanese oversight.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗟𝗟”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

The US$102.7 million loss wasn’t a failure of luck; it was a failure by design.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿: Sources indicate that during the formation of the contract, Winston Brassington (Head of the GtE Taskforce) specifically requested that the contractors grant a “waiver” to allow Kissoon to provide the legal opinion on the arbitration venue and dispute resolution clauses.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁:The GoG essentially allowed the contractor’s lawyer to help write the rules for how the contractor could sue the GoG.

When the contractor triggered the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAAB) using the UK-Guyana Treaty, the government found itself trapped in a legal framework it had paid its own “double agent” to build. The result? A US$102,679,839 bill that taxpayers are now paying in installments, while the legal minds behind the deal remain insulated by high-level political connections.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥

By utilizing his position as AMCHAM President, Kissoon helped present the consortium as a “Tier-One American Engineering” powerhouse.

This polished, US-backed veneer effectively blinded Guyanese evaluators to the reality:that the entity was a debt-heavy vehicle with a history of FBI raids (via the CH4/Bellosta network) and shell-company maneuvers.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺.”— 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡’𝗦 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧

The US$102M payout is the price of collusion. When the person advising the Ministry on how to protect the public purse is the same person advising the contractor on how to extract from it, the public loses every time. This was not a negotiation; it was a coordinated transfer of wealth.

This add-on to Part III serves as a “Financial Health Warning” for both local and diaspora investors. It unmasks the legal machinery that has turned a national project into a private enclave.

𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗜𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦

𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗲𝘆” 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆

While the public sees Devindra Kissoon as a prominent attorney and the face of AMCHAM Guyana, The 592 Guardian has identified him as the “Master Key” that unlocks the Guyanese Treasury for the Lindsayca-CH4 consortium. His positioning is not merely a series of coincidences; it is a strategic occupation of every seat at the negotiating table.

1.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼: 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 :To understand how the US$102.7M arbitration loss happened, one must look at the names on Kissoon’s ledger. He is simultaneously:

• 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿:

Representing the Lindsayca-CH4 consortium during the inception of the GtE project.

• 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆: Serving as the personal legal representative for Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo (the chief architect of the GtE project).

• 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗿: Providing legal services to Guyana Power and Light (GPL)—the state entity forced to absorb the costs of the project’s delays.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:

Operating as President of AMCHAM, where he “vets” incoming US and diaspora firms, effectively deciding who gets to play in the Wales arena.

2.𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿” 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Our investigation has uncovered that the current Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Fertilizer and Gas Bottling plants carry the same “DNA” as the original power plant deal.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: By incorporating these new entities as Private Companies rather than Public Corporations, Kissoon’s legal framework ensures they are exempt from the Public Procurement Act.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸:This allows the government to bypass open competitive bidding and move directly to a “Preferred Bidder” status for Lindsayca—the same company currently holding the government hostage for an additional US$250M.

3.𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬% 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽: To the Guyanese Diaspora looking to “invest in home,” beware of the fine print. The EOI documents—reportedly structured under Kissoon’s guidance—feature a 10% Guaranteed Annual Return.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽: This guarantee is not backed by the profits of the fertilizer plant (which doesn’t exist yet); it is backed by the Consolidated Fund.

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: If the project fails or the contractor (Lindsayca) mismanages the funds—as they have in the Dominican Republic—the Guyanese taxpayer is legally obligated to pay the investors their 10%. You aren’t investing in a business; you are investing in a debt instrument that your own relatives in Guyana will have to pay back through taxes.

𝟰. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱”

We have confirmed through UK Companies House records that the registration of LINDSAYCA DEVELOPMENT LLP was a surgical strike. By placing the entity in a jurisdiction with a favorable treaty, Kissoon provided the contractor with a “legal armor” that our local Attorney General’s chambers was either too incompetent or too complicit to challenge.

“𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢, 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.”—

𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 | 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗩: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗢𝗜

𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗; 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝘅” 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀: How the US$340M Fertilizer and Gas Bottling Deals are Being Hidden from Public Scrutiny. We will break down the specific terms of the EOI and why the “Private Entity” status is a death knell for transparency.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴—A side-by-side comparison of the failed DR project and the current Wales trajectory.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟱𝟵𝟮 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 592 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 — 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 , 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙄𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.