Govt. deliberately mislead MP’s on contracts - Corbin

Govt. deliberately mislead MP’s on contracts – Corbin

Jul 25, 2009 News

There has been deliberate misrepresentation of the status of contracts to the People’s National Congress Reform, even if the queries are made through the National Assembly.
This is according to Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, who yesterday told the media that when questions are asked in Parliament about information on these contracts, particularly to whom they were awarded, the Members of Parliament were directed to the Ministry’s website.
However, according to Corbin, detailed information is not available on the website. “We have a lot of deception in the kind of answers, we can only ask questions in the parliament and sometimes we are treated to some deliberate misrepresentation and cannot do anything about it under the rules of parliament,” Corbin said.
The Opposition Leader said that the Auditor General can conduct ‘value for money’ audits. He is the best persons who could undertake or develop the machinery for such audits.
“There have been public calls for this, but we will not be able to subpoena the records like the Auditor General can do with his powers and could demand certain bits of information. He can determine whether the answers he has been provided with are actually being supported with the documentary evidence that he has demanded.”
Corbin said that while his party has record of the contracts awarded, they are unable to do the kind of detailed monitoring that they would like to do on these projects.
He said that through the party’s regional councils and representatives in the regions, they try to keep abreast in what’s happening.
The Opposition Leader said that the contractor, who built the Charity wharf, some years ago, was awarded two other contracts in Leguan and Wakenaam, despite assurances by the administration that he will not be given any other contracts.
Over the past two weeks a number of inaccuracies in contracts awarded through the Ministry of Agriculture have been highlighted.
A total of $66M has been allocated by the Ministry of Agriculture for the construction of two new drainage structures in Leguan and Wakenaam.
A total of $35M was awarded to contractors for the construction of a sluice in Waterloo, Leguan but thus far, no work has commenced.
In another instance, a $5.5M contract was awarded on June 15 last for the rehabilitation on the Parika/Naamryck relief sluice gate but the works can only commence after the rainy season is over.

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