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And even though the Audit Department's reports cannot be publicized, residents are still encouraged to blow the whistle when they know of some form of corruption happening. However, most might think, what's the point, if nothing comes out of it?
That's what we asked the deputy auditor general.
Selwyn Fuller, Deputy Auditor General
"We all need to understand what is our role in terms of what is the citizen's role in terms of asking, asking questions, what is happening? Why aren't those report being public? Why aren't the financial statements being completed? Why is it that the audit offices working or functioning in which we don't know what is happening? Just to add a little too we do have a website."
"I'm not sure if most people knows about the website. We have a website where you can go in and you can visit the reports that have been. That is public information. You can read those. There are some some reports, as I mentioned earlier, that has not been made public as yet. You will see those, but you won't be able to access those."
"We also have a whistleblower page tag on to that website whereby I'm aware if a citizen or something is happening in a ministry or a department or somewhere that they are not comfortable with it being that something is wrong, they can go on and and put in some information and that wouldn't be able to trace back to whoever did and contribute that information."
Reporter
"But a lot of these people feel like voiceless, even though, yes, you have the means for them to report these things. But as far as they know what they can see, nothing happens. Yes, you do your reports. And yes, we understand that, it cannot be published. But nothing is changing. The government, we know everybody in this room knows this corruption happening and maybe every ministry you can't maybe pinpointed to identify it, you see things that don't make sense, that looks suspicious and what not and then when those things happen and they go on unchecked, as far as the public can see. Right, that none of these things are fixed and that this corruption keeps on going. They feel voiceless. So how do you bridge that? That trusts that they can understand? Okay. Yes. The auditing general, the office is doing its job and that we just have to, you know, do our part as well.
Selwyn Fuller, Deputy Auditor General
"Well again, that's that's a tough question. Corruption, as you're saying is in most people's views is is is rampant. Again, I must go back to us as citizens. We need to start to partake in having our voices heard. Now in terms of in our office, visit the website. Visit the website, give us a call. We're starting this process here with the consultants of trying to reach out to the public and hear what the public is and what the public have to say."
"I know. I know to the public it's it might seem like nothing is happening, but if you visit the website, you can read some of the reports and see some of the wonderful stuff that we are we are doing."
