A senior civil servant within the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an independent investigation, state media reported Tuesday.
The move follows a recommendation by the Public Service Commission, which is questioning the official’s handling of an alleged case of impropriety involving a junior staff member in the ministry.
According to the report, a committee has been constituted to conduct an inquiry into what has been described as alleged dereliction of duty, lack of oversight and failure to adhere to the standards expected of a senior public servant.
In a related development, a recommendation has also been made for another senior civil servant in the ministry to be immediately removed from her post.
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Just asking, don’t we have the right to know who these individuals are
Not yet…Supposed nothing go so…
To Inquiring Mind, no, until a person is adjudged to be guilty of wrong doing their reputation ought not to be publicized.
What business is it of anybody at this point.
Let us assume that the person so accused is guilty, then the information can be shared to protect others. If, on the other hand, the person is not found to be guilty, then publicizing their names at the inquiry stage could cause harm to the reputation unnecessarily. On the other hand, may I ask, should the name of the complainant be publicized?
According to our Constitution, Public Servants are the administrators of our governance, not the elected politicians. It clearly states that Ministers of Government do not have the authoritative signatures to accomplish receipt and disposal of the people’s assets.
It is therefore fair for us to assume that a cartel relationship has evolved in the culture of our governance where collusion between the Ministers and Public Servants now exists to defraud the assets of the island. That is why restitution now replaces transparency & integrity.
What about an independent inquiry in the vehicle 15 million dollar probe ? This administration is very selective when it comes to the public money.
WHAT THE HELL…! …SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT PLACED ON LEAVE:
FACT OR FICTION? …TRUTH OR ALLEGATION:
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None shall be confused, neither: with
(a) ‘…FACT: nor
(b) …FICTION: and neither with
(c) …ALLEGATION: nor
(d) …TRUTH.’
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QUESTIONS
The ‘…QUESTIONS’ being posed: are
(i) ‘…HAS A SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT PLACED ON ‘…ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE?
The ‘…FACTUAL ANSWER’ is ‘…YES:
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(ii) …HAS THERE BEEN THE REPLACEMENT OF A ‘…PERMANENT SECRETARY?
The ‘…FACTUAL ANSWER’ is ‘…YES:
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(iii) …HAS THE REPLACEMENT BEEN ‘…MAUVA BROWNE?
The ‘…FACTUAL ANSWER’ is ‘…YES.’
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HAVE THE ‘…ALLEGATIONS OF DERELICTION OF DUTIES ARE A ‘…FACT?
The ‘…SIMPLE ANSWER IS ‘…NO.’
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WHY NO?
The ‘…SIMPLE ANSWERS: are
(i) ‘…THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED: and
(ii) …THE FINDINGS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUT BEFORE A TRIBUNAL: to
(iii) …MAKE FINAL DETERMINATIONS.’
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(iv) ‘…PROVED FACTS: …CONSEQUENTIAL:
(ii) …FALSE ALLEGATIONS: …DISMISSAL.’
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IN A TRIBUNAL, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ‘…EVIDENCE.’
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CRIMINAL: ‘…PROVED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT:
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CIVIL: ‘…ON A BALANCE OF PROBABILITY.’
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BENEFIT OF KNOWLEDGE:
(i) ‘…THAT WHICH MAKES A ‘…FACT’ EVIDENT:
(ii) …THAT WHICH SUPPLIES ‘…PROOF: and
(iii) …THE MEANS BY WHICH A ‘…FACT’ MAY BE ‘…PROVED’ OR ‘DISPROVED.’
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THESE LACKING- ‘…SURE DISMISSAL.’
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NOW:
Good luck ‘…MADAME PERMANENT SECRETARY:’ and
HAPPY TENURE: ‘…Madame, Acting Permanent Secretary.’
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL.’
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Well duh!
If you were put on leave, then you were already adjudicated to being guilty, because to be sent home from your place of work, is a workman’s punishment in itself.
Apart from the judicial system, he is already perceived to be guilty by his work peers.
So saying names shouldn’t be released to the public, shouldn’t cut it, not when it’s a civil servant that’s involved. This is not a private company, but a “public” one.
Think people, think. More excuses to continue to bamboozle the people. The same thing they have done over and over throughout their tenure.
I like how Antiguans who constantly give politicians a pass soon realize that they will not enjoy such “kid gloves” treatment when deemed to have broken rules or laws. Many of them will not join protests, sound their voices or whistleblow when necessary.
What is really happening to you all, is that you are carrying the cross for the real guilty ones, those who “enrich themselves creatively” while using your mishaps to give the illusion of good governance.
I have been on this earth for 35 years and as a young antiguan I have never seen such backward,blindfolded,corrupt, scrupulous things as i am seeing now.just leave the country to the devil.
The corruption is so ridiculous in the government system.My vote may be one but it is one lost for these people.
Afterall I helped sigh.
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