While the Prime Minister has removed a number of errant or unsatisfactory ministers, there is still a need to establish new standards for performance expected of members of a government in office. It would be a political culture of accountability which goes beyond the narrow confines of governments and ministers merely seeking to justify themselves in emotionally-charged election campaigns.
From his stated intention to require audits to be done on the Citizen Security Programme (CSP), the National Mentorship Programme (NMP) and the Hoop of Life programme, it appears National Security Minister Gary Griffith may have grasped the determination of the national community to hold members of the Government responsible and accountable for programmes and projects in their portfolios.
By intending to order the audits in programmes which could be vulnerable to corruption, political manipulation and misdirection, Mr Griffith is ensuring that he has the information he needs to monitor what is happening on his watch.He clearly does not want to find himself in a position to be indicted in the same way his colleague, Sport Minister Anil Roberts, is now being called on to leave office, or to be fired.It is the only strategy that the Minister of Sport seems to know: bluster and barge his way through every difficulty that faces him.
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