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The people want an end to corruption
Dear Editor,
The citizens of this country spoke on November 28, giving a clear message to our Parliament that this will not be business as usual and that their expectations are high, just and reasonable.
Specific reference is made to the management of the people’s resources, and how these have been treated by the Executive over a number of years and particularly in the case of the Consolidated Fund, where the Executive has constantly managed the Fund and treated same as their personal property.
The media have informed us of the recent Auditor General Report highlighting a number of transgressions which in fact is not reflected for the first time and there seems to be a refusal on the part of the administration over the years to correct the way they manage the people’s resources, consistent with the law of the land.
Given the mandate to the parliament it is expected that these treasonable acts will be addressed because this is definitely an attack on the state and the people.
With the new governance configuration the people expect laws and systems will be put in place to bring to justice the perpetuators of these prevalent acts committed against them.
The culture of some who believe that corruption is an opportunity to get rich has to come to an end. Corruption robs the nation and the people of their hard earned tax dollars and makes us all poorer and unsafe from these bad experiences.
For instance the money deliberately mismanaged could have gone toward crime fighting, improving education, healthcare, roads, drainage infrastructure on the coastlands, creating jobs and utilizing the skills of the people in constructive manner, towards theirs and the country’s safety and development.
The people deserve better governance and this parliament must embrace the message and deliver to the people rational programs supported by appropriate laws that can be used as deterrence in sending a clear message to those who entertain the idea that this will be business as usual.
Let the process to right these wrongs begin now.
Lincoln Lewis
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