Dear Editor – What has become of the country’s finances? Much talk have been flooding the media on the state of government finances.
Ironically, on the eve of RAMSI’s departure, financial discipline was well on its way to the doldrums. The question remains: where have all the capacity development RAMSI has poured its resources on? Is this the end result? Kind of weird isn’t it. In certain quarters, pundits have been watching the developments closely and even warned us repeatedly over time.
Now the situation at MOFT resembles that of the pre-tension and aftermath of the Townsville Agreement signing where treasury coffers merely succumbed to meeting public servants’ salaries and wages on fortnightly basis – worse still, paydays were in arrears.
Sources within MOFT confirmed ‘’cash-box budgeting’’ is becoming the rule of the day. Not surprisingly, even today, Waku bata no acceptem cheque blo gavman nao!
Frankly speaking, are we heading in a similar direction? Certainly! C’mon leaders, are we allowing the nostalgia of self-centredness to rue our country and essential service delivery to our people been comprised?
Please make rationale decisions NOW to save the country before the label of a “failed state” once more resurface in literature.
We have to seriously re-focus from the trappings of Melanesian-government styled business syndrome and advocate the philosophy that we are in a – competitive world – where the country has to maximise on its limited scare resources and not….
Jay Leemans
Honiara
