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Aiyaz Khaiyum ends rumour:  Public Accounts Committee dissolved as a prelude to the resumption of Parliament after the 2014 General Election

14/3/2014

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PictureKhaiyum puts record straight
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the government has dissolved the current Public Accounts Committee as a prelude to the resumption of Parliament after the General Election.

Sayed-Khaiyum said a new Public Accounts Committee chaired by the Opposition will be formed once Parliament resumes.  

He confirmed that when the Public Accounts Committee sits, all the reports compiled by the Auditor General will be considered by the Committee and be tabled in Parliament.

The Attorney General said the new Committee will also be able to review the work of the old committee set up under the Audit (Public Accounts Committee) Regulations 2007.
 
He confirmed that the office of the Auditor General is currently preparing and compiling all of the relevant reports for presentation to Parliament.          

Sayed-Khaiyum said with the General Election taking place no later than September this year, it is important that the government steps up preparations for the transition to the new Parliament now.

In preparation for the new Parliament, various positions in the Parliament Secretariat will also be advertised in the coming week. Source: Fijivillage News

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UFDF refuses to buy into Khaiyum's statement

The Government has dissolved the current Public Accounts Committee as a prelude to the resumption of Parliament after the General Election. The Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says a new Public Accounts Committee chaired by the Opposition will be formed once Parliament resumes.  When it does, all of the reports compiled by the Auditor General will be considered by the Committee and be tabled in Parliament.  The Attorney General says the new Committee will also be able to review the work of the old committee set up under the Audit (Public Accounts Committee) Regulations 2007.

UFDF: The Public Accounts Committee set up in 2007 was required as part of its obligations to  be accountable to the people of Fiji with respect to the Auditor General's reports on the accounts and finances of the state. In 2007 it is reported to have had 48 audit reports to review and act upon.

Its functions were to be without prejudice or interference of any individual or organization and was to maintain its independence and carry out its functions with honesty and due diligence to ensure that its credibility was upheld at all times.

It was to have powers to examine the accounts of the Government of Fiji in respect of each financial year to determine if proper accounting and use of public funds have been maintained.
    
In 8 years none of its findings has been published, nor have any of its reports on the 48 audit reports pending in 2007 been made public? At the very least the Public Accounts Committee should have been asked to  Publish their findings to date so that the true picture of government accounts can  be scrutinized by the people ahead of the elections? That assumes of course their Dissolution was a known plan and they were able to plan an Interim report on their Findings?

In the meantime, the office of the Auditor General is currently preparing and compiling all of the irrelevant reports for presentation to Parliament. 

“With the General Election taking place no later than September this year, it is important that we step up preparations for the transition to the new Parliament now. The new Committee, when it’s formed, will have everything it needs to properly examine all aspects of public expenditure”, he said.

In preparation for the new Parliament, various positions in the Parliament Secretariat will be advertised in the coming week.
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UFDF:  It is both extraordinary and insulting that the AG would imagine we are all so gullible as to believe the dissolution of the Public Accounts Committee without so much as an Interim report summarizing their findings over 8 years of investigations of government spending is not laced with some devious intent.

With more than 48 audit reports to scrutinize and examine over the past 8 years?

It is not likely that there was no ‘irregularity’ noted in government spending in 8 Years.       

We maintain that the termination of the Public Accounts Committee was a deliberate move by the government to avoid the possible disclosure of the real state of Governments finances and to withhold this from the people in the lead up to elections.



7 Comments
Joe Joe
14/3/2014 04:07:40 pm

only ONE Indian singled-handedly is making fools of all Fijians and more so to all indigenous Fijians. Before they took to streets 1987/2000 for fear of Indian takeover. So what happened now - only ONE Indian is ruling Fiji and rest of Fiji has to bow down and do what he says. ONLY ONE INDIAN and 400,000 itaukeis.

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King of Joe Joe
14/3/2014 08:34:08 pm

Kneel over Joe Joe, and get it right inside you know what !!!

Hehehe !!!

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Rusiate Vatuniqere
23/10/2014 07:42:23 pm

Simply because he is supported by the gun in which 400,000 taukeis are afraid of perhaps or being taken to Nabua barrack for embarrasing treatment.

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Bloe Bloe
14/3/2014 05:45:23 pm

STOP blaming Khaiyum. If only the indigenous Fijians had accepted other races as equals, we would not have had the coup or Aiyaz Khaiyum.

We dont want the GCC, the Methodist Church poking its nose in religion, chiefs stealing our land rents, etc etc etc etc etc.

Fiji will be a better place post September 2014!

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Rusiate Vatuniqere
23/10/2014 07:52:06 pm

This is the fact short and simple. An Indo-Fijian is leading the country and when Bainimarama is away in overseas, who will act as the country's Prime Minister? GCC and the Methodist does not belong to you and you have not much to say about it. You can only talk about the rent, etc, what else?

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Rajesh
14/3/2014 07:36:19 pm

Khaiym why he disband PAC ?
I smell a rat he is trying to hide all the illegal gains of salaries and public tender kickback commission.of road works,building/airports fiji/fnpf funding of hotel projects cost and reports..

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olociak
16/7/2015 07:06:29 pm

This is an IMF & World bank ploy in conjunction with United Nations ..Khyum doesn't know shit he has continuously coached by Corporations and Consulting Firms that lurk in the dark...try Qorvis.......his sunset clause was simply a rephrasing of the Structural Adjustment Policy demanded by IMF and world bank in 2006 for loans to be released....

So they are getting paid indirectly via a laundering scheme through Australia and Aunty Noor the bitch Bhano... And have to hold up to their part to continue getting paid ridiculous amounts of money, that is probably deposited in another country. Accessible when they he into trouble...... So follow the money and follow them as per international. Travels...There is a saying
Nail the Bitch and she will spill...

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