Former Minister of Finance under the PNC administration Carl Greenidge has signalled his intention to table an amendment to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) to make it possible that Ministers along with other officials could be fined and jailed for financial improprieties.
The Bill is entitled ‘Fiscal Management and Accountability (Amendment) Bill 2013’ – Bill No. 5/2013 and notice of it was given on January 15, 2013.
The Bill proposes to extend Section 85 of the principal act to specify Ministers. The extant legislation says in Section 85, “An official who – (a) falsifies any account, statement, receipt or other record issued or kept for the purposes of this Act,