PSU President Urges New Auditor General to Expose Corruption  

Flowers is urging the new auditor general to keep the government in check by thoroughly examining the financial records of various ministries to prevent corruption.

 

On the phone: Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U.

“How can we support her office to ensure that the officers are properly changed and that there is not undue influence on her office to put people, to hire people within that office through political directorate who we know may not have the requisite qualification and competency.  I think that is also something that we have to safeguard and support her with.  And finally, we as a union must hold her accountable.  We must hold her accountable to ensure that she’s delivering timely and regular audits.  I’m not talking about audit of financial statements, I’m talking about getting inside these ministries and conduct risk audits, conduct other audits that can be conducted to unmask and expose the mass corruption that exist in many of these ministries.  She takes instructions from no one and I would hope that she would rely on this clause when she starts getting political calls, whether it be from the Office of the Prime Minister to shut down an audit which has happened before in the past administration and under this administration it has occurred.  And I dare say, they can challenge that statement and tell her to continue the audit or commence the audit.”