PAC reports for 2009-2013 passed by majority of MPs

The contents of the report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Audits of Government Commercial Companies and Commercial Statutory Authorities 2009-2013 - Volume One was passed in Parliament yesterday.

24 Parliamentarians voted in favor of the motion, 12 voted against the motion while 14 did not vote.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Ashneel Sudhakar told parliamentarians that they looked at 14 entities and it was noted that some of the Auditor General’s reports were seven to eight years old and some matters were no longer relevant.

Sudhakar says the Public Accounts Committee made 14 recommendations which relate to the respective entities.

During the debate, Opposition parliamentarian, Aseri Radrodro who was part of the Public Accounts Committee said the final report is disappointing.

He says the report has failed to capture the seriousness of some practices that were noted in the audit process and the opposition members had recommended for these matters to be referred to FICAC for investigations.

Fiji First MP, Mohammed Dean who is also a member of the Public Accounts Committee then highlighted that the contents of the report were done in a consensus manner.

Dean says that Radrodro never highlighted in the Public Accounts Committee meeting that he is not happy with the contents of the report.

Dean adds that the issues raised by Radrodro were not reflected in the audit reports.