NDP's 'corruption' threatens VI's stability-Hon Fahie
The revelations were made during his monthly press conference held today, Friday November 16, 2018, at the studios of the Caribbean Broadcast Network (CBN) in Road Town, the Capital City.
Stability threatened
“The peace, stability, and tranquility of our beloved VI is now threatened on all fronts especially politically,” Hon Fahie said.
“Our role as a VI people in the economic stratosphere is now being threatened and most likely significantly reduced,” the Opposition Leader told the press.
Reflecting on the past, Hon Fahie asserted that for the past six years, he has been echoing the same sentiments to deaf ears.
According to Fahie, “If we do not police ourselves then someone will police us in a manner that we all will regret,” statements, Hon Fahie now calls facts.
The Opposition Leader pointed to an agreement the NDP signed with the UK Government in 2012 saying, “on the April 23, 2012, the current Administration negotiated and signed with the UK: The Protocols For Effective Financial Management.”
He said, “the strength of the government to negotiate this document was made evident when they informed the people of the VI that during the negotiations, the NDP Government had the UK official handling this matter, eating out of the palm of their hands.”
Hon Fahie posited that at the time, the NDP Government may have felt that they had the better end of the negotiations.
“These documents were geared at changing the manner in which Government conducted business in every respect, especially financially,” the Opposition leader said.
He cited as example that,” all projects as of 2012, when the Protocols were signed, would have had to be tendered… The life cycle of all projects must be determined prior to the implementation of any project... Competitive bidding was required for all projects.”
These steps, he said, were to ensure that transparency, accountability and good governance was restored to avoid the abuse of finances.
Poor procurement & financial management
Hon Fahie suggested that the documents paved the way for, “a transparent and modern procurement process that would allow for value for money to become the norm and not the exception.”
The NDP government however, over the past year alone, has been involved in several financial and procurement controversies including the $1.6M ‘small wall’ at the Elmore Stoutt High School, commissioned by the Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL).
“My people, had the current government remain true to what they signed in the mentioned documents, then we would now be negotiating from a position of strength… we would have shown the UK and the international world that we are more than capable of policing ourselves.”
He suggested that what obtains instead, is that almost every tenet of the documents, especially the Protocols for Effective Financial Management, were violated.
“Awarding of contracts using petty contracts now changed to using purchase orders which are issued for any expenses under ten thousand dollars...Purchase orders are primarily used to pay for certain goods and services…. Instead are now being used to do million-dollar projects by splitting the project up into purchase orders to avoid the financial controls used for petty contracts, ”
According to the Opposition Leader, these represent a clear violation of the Protocols and Financial Management Act.
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13 Responses to “NDP's 'corruption' threatens VI's stability-Hon Fahie ”
Why should I vote for you?
Have you changed?
Will you be less corrupt and more transparent and accountable than who we got now?
Why should the VIP candidates who have been announced so far be voted in?
Is VIP going to be different?
To NDP, why should I vote for any current or resigned NDP?
Isn't it all the same set who have the place so f..ed up in the first place?
Myron , why they can't work with you?
Mitch, Archie, Ronnie, Picko, if ayo can't get along and sustain the infighting, can we expect a breakaway tea party in another 4 years?
My opinion is none ago really care about we. Is who lodge for higher powers to pull up or bruk down.
I.dont trust none ago. Cane Garden people, Mitch want to be premier and he brother is the lodge man behind it. Put him back in and ago will hear the news
Those questions its them who fuck up the country
That’s all is see in all the politicians just like to talk about when one person do something wrong, they all going to do until damn England come here and take over just like Turk and Caicos, for such an small places it have move party than them big islands, they all can’t witk together cause they all want power not good at all,this coming election will be a lot of trouble. Don’t cry for the one that going cry for the one that coming.you know all the wrong about the one that going what u know about the one that coming, never put ur faith in man they always fail