The loosening of financial controls for the courthouse project is wrong. The Minister’s intransigence is even worse.
The fact is, the Auditor General has a good track record predicting where problems will happen. Remember back in 2002, he published a special report addressing some of the early problems with the Berkeley project, and expressing doubt it would complete on time or near its $60 million budget. Then too he was derided. But he was correct.
But you know what tops it all?
The Auditor General indicates that the contractor for the courthouse made a political donation to the PLP, and then submitted it as an expense to Government for reimbursement. And was paid.
How is this not illegal? Is this a common practise in Bermuda? Are we still paying to play?
If anything, this raises additional questions about those mysterious cheques written to Ministers. What’s going on here?
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