>From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Ebou Jallow and the question of political integrity >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:31:04 -0400 > >Halifa, > >I agree with you as far as accountability is a fundamental requirement >of good governance. However, what I can understand from your exchange >with the finance secretary has nothing to do with the administration's >intergrity at all. You asked a legitimate question and the secretary >gave the National Assembly plausible reasons for the delay of the >Auditor General's report. Indeed he later promised that a report shall >be available by the end of December, 2003. Has the administration >failed to account for the issue before the house of representatives ? >The answer is an emphatic no...unless the secretary fails to >honor his word come December 2003. >The finance secretary did give a clear synopsis of the whole accounting >process i.e the Auditor General gives his/her preliminary report on >individual agencies which in turn respond with the appropriate data >that either rectify errors or challenge purported allegations in the >AG's report. Therefore you will be wrong Halifa to make judgements >concerning the integrity of Jammeh administration by accentuating the >histrionics of the AG's initial report. I would suggest you defer >judgment until the final report is formally submitted to the Finance >and Public accounts committee in parliament. > >Regards, > >Ebou > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~