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"content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. This is a very important Bill, particularly originating from Parliament, in performance of its oversight role. As we all know, one of the roles of Parliament is to oversight the Executive. It is a well known fact that nobody would like to be audited. In fact, even when an auditor comes to audit your own company, you always feel threatened. That is why for a very long time in this country, the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General – which is no longer there – had a very big problem in two areas. One of those areas, which is being addressed by this Bill, is that of financing. The second area is that of staffing. Those are areas which are cardinal for the performance of the duties of the Auditor- General. The Office of the Auditor-General cannot work well if it is understaffed. Hon. Speaker, you have been a Chairman of PIC and you are aware that most of the work which was being done by PAC and PIC in this Parliament was to deal with very old accounts. There were accounts of five or even ten years. Parliament was discussing those very old accounts. I remember, as a Member and a Vice-Chairman of PAC, we were discussing some accounts which recommended punishment of some officers who had retired from Public Service long time ago. So, when you tell them that they should not hold public office, they really laugh at you because they are no longer anyway near The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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