Nearly a Decade Under Review at Defense Ministry

The Ministry of Defense audit is going back nearly a decade, and Prime Minister John Briceño says no one should feel comfortable. At the PUP’s National Party Council meeting in Dangriga, he announced that the review will stretch back to 2015, placing former UDP Minister John Saldivar on notice. But today, Briceño made it clear that his anger is not reserved for the former administration. He also chided members of his own government, saying he is not pleased with what has taken place inside the ministry.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“We have been hearing some horror stories. Apparently the BDF at that time dealt mostly with one company and there were very little reporting. We will ask the Auditor General, since you are doing this, how about we go to 2015 and then we will see. This kind of behavior has to stop, we can’t continue this. I speak from my end, we as the PUP, we said we are going to be different. And we can’t just say it, we have to do it. We have to be seen to be doing different and this is a great opportunity to fix it. I am not happy with what has happened, but this only brings to my mind to say you know what guys, this is what we said we are going to do, and we are going to do it and we are going to do it now.”

 

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