The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

FINANCIAL Disclosures of elected MPs - Senators... seems to be totally malfunctioning and one must question the why the Chair and the Disclosure Committee is not insisting for compliance with the law?

Rumours say even Cabinet Ministers, after four plus years of this Parliament have not declared their assets since pre-election 2012. The Chair has a few more months hoping he/she will do what is required to comply with the Law and also publish the declarations. We have enough “sealing and secrecy”.

The current Auditor General is doing a good job - completing his audit and making his findings public but there does not seem to be any follow through and an attitude of don’t care is painfully obvious. Monies, millions missing all over the place and nothing done – no Police investigation. All Government seems to do is to go out and purchase a multi-million new system and with a lot of fanfare declare they have resolved the problem!

Sorry the problem still remains and, sorry, Minister, there has to be responsibility.

The totals of missing millions is incredible and an indictment on the Government and especially the Minister. You know start at Public Works, go to Transport, go to Immigration, go to Tourism, go to Agriculture and as they say…

As usual no accountability.

Who gave Ministers the authority to abridge the Law in regards to payment of billed Real Property Taxes - Government Educational Scholarships? No Minister without an amendment of the Law through Parliament has that right, but look what is happening?

Government is brazen, it actually advertises come in and let’s make a deal on your delinquent bills! I wonder how many Ministers and MPs have made a deal? What they should be doing is Listing the delinquent tax payers in a shame and collect process - it worked for that $300,000 property - owner paid up in full in days!

W THOMPSON

Nassau,

September 18, 2016.