Dear Editor
THE main functions of an audit are to determine whether money allotted for a particular expenditure has been properly utilised for such a purpose, and how such was indeed done, in terms of following procedures etcetera.

It is arising out of such that irregularities are looked for, whenever audits of financial transactions are done. Therefore, the bottom line of any auditing exercise, is that it discloses what had not been done correctly, deliberately or otherwise, as against what ought to have been done. In other words, audit reports are seen not to lie, because they lay bare the truth or not of financial spending.

Thus, for Jagdeo to have reported that despite some 50 completed audits, no fraud has been found is another hopeless gambit, again designed to prove the coalition government wrong in their accusations against the former PPP/C government of wholesale theft and assuage the fears of his constituents.

Of course, those audits have been done by the most reputable of this country’s auditing firms; and their reports have indeed unearthed very serious financial crimes of various types, indictable enough to warrant prosecutorial action cum judicial sanctions. It is as factual as that, period!

As an aside, the former, now deceased chief executive officer of the National Communications Network, had been recommended by auditors for police action, in a report to then President Donald Ramotar. Not only did the latter not take any action against the CEO, who was a staunch PPP/C supporter; but that he constantly made excuses about the report, when asked by the media.

Was such an audit finding untruthful about what it found? Maybe, Jagdeo should explain to the nation why no further action had been advanced, in the above instance.
What Jagdeo is seeking to exploit, is the delay in bringing the many suspects to trial. And this is because, the state is ensuring that its laws are being properly updated; the judiciary is fully equipped, and prosecutorial team fully prepared to undertake legal action against those accused.

Editor, the truth is that these are legal actions against criminal-state activities, which in many cases do take a while to investigate, because of the paper trail that is involved. And as first-timers, in terms of preparing briefs for court action, the local authorities have not done badly.
There is no conscientious Guyanese who was following the related events closely, that would support Jagdeo’s illusionary view of there being no wrongdoing – unless it is another galaxy that is mentioned.

Cases are being readied, and this includes those against Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington, recently charged.

Regards
Dillon Goring