Mr. Jeng:

This is not a surprise.  As Auditor General, her job is to follow
professional standards promulgated by International Accounting Standards.
She has the integrity and professional skepticism to carry on her
responsibilities as an auditor.  Her job is to attest to the fair
presentation of the illegal government's financial statements in conformity
with Governmental Accounting Standards.

Mrs Jallow-Gaye attests to follow accounting standards and to be fair and
consistent in fair presentation of statements.  If there are
inconsistencies in internal control, review of statements and compilation
of reports, she knew she must have fair mind set in interpreting statements
of financial concern.  Her job as an auditor is set to safeguard the
financial position of a government.

Unfortunately, in dictator yahya jemus's Gambia, the Accountant General is
set on a policy of dubious financial presentation in reference to material
departure from any accounting standards.  Does the accountant concur with
material misstatements, when in fact this is not an error in judgment, but
a blatant violation of professional accounting standards?  It is sad and
unethical for an accountant to concur with illegal acts that have material
effects on fair presentation.  In fact, it is illegal to concur with even
immaterial departure from GAAP or Scope limitation.  A CPA or a Chartered
Accountant is licensed to uphold the accounting profession with objectivity
and independence in mind.

This is a sad day for The Gambia.  But again, the family of the oppressed
is growing day by day.  Let us welcome Mrs. Fatoumata Jallow-Gaye in our
camp.

Long live democracy and down with dictator yahya jemus.  Dictator yahya
jemus, let my people go.

Naohiyo,

Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh


> [Original Message]
> From: Jeng, Beran <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10/30/00 1:47:38 PM
> Subject: FWD:Where Is the Auditor General?
>
> The Independent
> </publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Independent&passed_location=Banjul>
> (Banjul)
> EDITORIAL
> October 27, 2000
> Alhagie Mbye
> Banjul
> Reports reaching The Independent during the past few weeks have claimed
that the
> Auditor General Fatoumatta Jallow-Gaye, who reportedly traveled to the
United
> Kingdom, is yet to return home, prompting rumours that she has absconded.
> Sources at the Auditor General's office explained that Fatoumatta
Jallow-Gaye
> who was expected back earlier was given a deadline by the government since
> October 5, 2000 to return. Unconfirmed reports monitored on Tuesday
suggested
> that the Auditor General has sought political asylum in the UK following
> information alleging that her department was in crisis.
> An official at the Auditor General Office confirmed to The Independent
that the
> Auditor General is currently not in The Gambia but he assured that Mrs.
Gaye
> would be back 'in due course'.
> 'Why are people still concerned about her whereabouts?' he inquired.
> Sources at the Auditor General's Department claimed that a problem had
erupted
> between her and the government after she reportedly wrote to the Secretary
> General and head of the civil service, demanding that a secretary whom she
> accused of involvement in the 'stealing of government fuel coupons'
should be
> sacked. The sources noted that the secretary in question had denied any
> involvement in the alleged theft of fuel coupons in the department. That
was
> said to be the fourth reported case.
> 'Fuel coupon problems have been a long-standing issue in the department',
added
> the insiders who also disclosed that the secretary who was accused of the
coupon
> theft had handed over Mrs. Gaye's letter to the Public Service
Commission, who
> reportedly instructed her to continue work. They noted that the secretary
also
> made a written counter claim, accusing the Auditor General of abusing her
office
> 'by inviting friends and other relatives to make free international calls
in her
> office, and misused fuel coupons among other things'.
> Reports also claimed that the NIA had interrogated some members of the
Auditor
> General's family whilst she was still away but it is not clear whether the
> questioning is in connection with her alleged 'disappearance'. Inside
sources
> also claimed that Mrs. Gaye was also accused of leaking to the opposition
the
> Auditor General's report before it was submitted to the National Assembly
for
> which the government felt 'offended'.
> Since 1994, the Auditor General's office has been confronted with 'petty
> problems' and that about 12 of its employees have left the department in
> disillusioned sources intimated.
>
> Copyright
>
>
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