This is unprincipled and a smelly red herring

Aug 29, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Cabinet Secretary’s (CS) statements as reported in SN of August 27, 2010, smacks of arrogance, feeble minded thinking, and surreptitious intent. If we take the CS at his word, the intent of the Government is to save cost and utilize technological advancement.
Here is the fallacy of the position. The Government has failed to use technology advancement to improve its budgetary and financial reporting process.
The Government that has squandered millions on taxpayers’ dollars on projects that were not necessary; misused funds allocated by Parliament; failed to seek repayment of taxpayers’ funds from contractors who breached contracts and delivered substandard work that could not meet stone-age standards. However, the Government is seeking to “capping the extent of expenditures” that will affect the only group that seeks to expose the yaws of government’s mismanagement, corruption, waste, fraud and abuse.
When will the Government cap the extent President’s travel expenditures? When will the Government stick to allocated budgets for ministries and projects? When will the people get a true accounting of public monies spent on various social, cultural, and natural disaster events? When will the Government cap the extent of expenditures to entities owned and operated by known members and friends of the PPP/C and the Government?
The CS statement is a red herring. The argument for the change in policy is void of true appreciation for the historical and legislative basis for publishing these types of public notices in newspapers. This government says it supports democracy. However, it has taken every step to demonstrate closed and opaque, rather than transparent governance.
It seeks at every turn to avoid accountability to citizens and eliminate freedom of the press.
The move to a website is the ultimate act to support government secrecy.
Mr. Editor. How can we trust a government that has failed to adequately explain awarding the Synergy contract? How can we trust a government that would not pass a Freedom of Information Act? If a government would seek to rewrite history, as printed in books, newspapers etc, why would it not rewrite, edit or delete by a single click of a mouse, a notice or ad?
Welcome to PPP/C Friends and Family feeding trough.
Dexter Harding

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