On 30 September 2019, the Auditor General presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly his report on the audit of the public accounts for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2018. The report could not have been presented to the Legislature because of the absence of sittings of the Assembly after 23 May 2019; the dissolution of Parliament on 30 December 2019; the holding of elections on 2 March 2020; and the five-month delay in declaring the results. Now that a new session of Parliament begins following the swearing of the new Administration, the report is expected to be laid in the Assembly at the earliest opportunity. Meanwhile, the Audit Office has taken the opportunity to upload the report to its website.
In today’s article, we highlight the key findings of the 2018 Auditor General’s report. His 2019 report is due for presentation to the Speaker at the end of this month.