Briceño Administration “Deliberately” Frustrating AG Office?

The opposition expressed concern over the fact that the Office of the Auditor General has not released an audit report in nearly a decade. Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow claims the government is deliberately undermining the office’s efforts to avoid financial transparency and oversight. Here’s his take on the matter.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“The office of the auditor general is the supreme audit institution of Belize that plays a crucial role in the holding of the government accountable when it comes to the stewardship of our public funds. It is difficult to accept the prime minister’s presentation that this is not deliberate. It has been four years, prime minister lamented back in 2021 when Dorothy Bradley retired, and he was forced to reappoint her in 2022. Where is the plan for succession and you may be instinctively tempted to say well it is incompetence. I would not say so. I would say it is deliberate. If you have a dysfunctional office of the auditor general, guess what happens, there is no accountability. There is no accountability for a government that is spending billions and billions of dollars. There is no transparency and good governance. I am an outsider. I am not a career politician. You asked where was I when prime minister Barrow was here. I was selling million and millions of records little man. Tek it easy chihuahua. I retract that madam speaker.”