The Public Accounts Committee is deeply concerned by the recent media reports in the Fiji Times, that have sensationalized the review and recommendations contained in the Auditor General’s reports and preempted the objective assessment carried out by the Committee.
In a press conference last night, Public Accounts Committee Chairman Ashneel Sudhakar says that selective reporting on the Auditor General’s Report undermines the role of the Public Accounts Committee in determining the quality of government’s financial control by failing to consider the vital context that will emerge in the committee’s assessments.
Sudhakar says that Fiji Times reporting prior to this process is irresponsible and extremely detrimental to the effectiveness of the constitutional control that ensures transparency and accountability in government.
He says that the Auditor General’s report is an initial assessment of the government accounts and had outlined the work of the committee.
Sudhakar says he will be talking to the committee members on what steps the committee will take.
Fijivillage is trying to get comments from the Fiji Times Editor.
