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    "content": "We have made the following recommendations:- That Accounting Officers, in conjunction with the Treasury, should put in place sufficient austerity measures to ensure that bills are cleared within the financial to which they are related, to avoid possible negative consequences that may arise from their being carried over to subsequent financial years. Two, the Government should ensure that Pending Bills Closing Committee, which has been around for far too long, immediately finalizes its work, and we have given a deadline of 31st December, 2010, and immediate action should be taken on the report that the Committee will give. We also observed general lack of clear Government policy on bailing out ailing State corporations. The Committee observed that whereas certain ailing State corporations were quickly bailed out by the Government, others were not so lucky or did not benefit at all. The bailing out of State corporations had taken a political dimension rather than being guided by general public interest and economic consideration. One sticking out on this is the Pan Paper Mills. Due to lack of clear guidelines on this matter, today, Pan Paper has become a political issue. So, every time there is a moment to ask the people of that community to participate in a national agenda, the leadership of the country goes there and tells them that the company will be re-opened. However, when it comes to effecting the promise, that is never done. The Committee recommends that the Government must develop a clear policy on the bailing out of ailing State corporations which it must strictly adhere to at all times. We also saw lack of policy on recovery of Government dues from deceased officers. We recommended that the Government must develop a clear policy on recovery of its dues from deceased officers to enable Accounting Officers to act in time on such matters and avoid unnecessary audit queries. There was an observation of conflict of interest on the part of the Attorney- General in acting in certain court cases. Let me explain this. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Attorney-General is the Government’s Principal Legal Advisor and as such, advises the Government on all contracts before execution. The Committee observed that the office of the Attorney-General, having advised the Government in the execution of contracts like the one on Anglo Leasing and Ken Ren Chemicals and Fertilizers in which the Government was defrauded, did not have the moral authority to represent the same Government in court cases arising from such"
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