It would appear that integrity code for persons serving public office needs to be amended given the current scrutiny of the NP $40m contract tender.
I would suggest that all persons seeking public office declare:
• list of all their friends, real and electronic(Facebook etc)
• length of time friends have been known
• type of friendship origin, eg school, business, election campaign
• list of all enemies or friends no longer friendly with
• list of all places stayed apart from official home or residence at least 2 years before public office appointment.
This information should be held by the Integrity Office for public viewing on a website and also be utilised during tendering procedures.
John Deering
Maraval