At the top of the news, we gave you a detailed analysis about what happened and possibly shouldn't have happened with the UDP government's disposal of the 2020 Toyota Tacoma pick-up that was assigned to former Deputy Prime Minister Hugo Patt. That was the focus of this morning's session of the Commission of Inquiry.
But in, the afternoon, the Commissioners were interested to find out from the public service professionals about what the proper procedure should be when government assets, such as that Tacoma, are to be disposed of.
One of their first technical witnesses for the afternoon was Auditor General Dorothy Bradley. She told the panel that she and her team have just concluded an audit on the purchase of Government vehicles. And so, they wanted to know if she had encountered any sort of provisions under the law that the Ministry of Finance needs to follow for the sale of these vehicles. Here's the conversation she had with the Chairman about a Cabinet circular she found on this particular issue:
One of the most interesting reveals from the Auditor General's testimony was that although the Ministry of Finance was reporting that documents about the sale of government vehicles were being sent to her office, she has none on file. Here's that part of the inquiry:
