The Opposition Leader to Convene a PAC Meeting on Thursday; Public and Press are all invited
The Hon. J amale Pringle, Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), will convene a meeting of that body on Thursday, July 03, 2025, at 2:30 p.m., at the House of Parliament on Queen Elizabeth Highway.
MP Pringle, through the Clerk of Parliament, has notified all Members of the Committee and has presented the meeting agenda in advance for their perusal.
Matters to be raised in clude: Social Security; Financial Affairs of Barbuda, Blue Ocean Dredging Progress; Ministry of Works Construction & Maintenance Projects; Building on Friars Hill Road that houses the Ministry of Lands; Government Statutory Boards; Financing of the Ministry of Health; Financing of the Antigua and Barbuda Forensic Services; Financing of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda; Financing of the Antigua and Barbuda Fire Department.
The PAC Meeting is open to members of the public, and all electronic and print media houses and journalist s are invited to attend.
Please be guided accordingly.
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Leadership matters
Another attempt to papishow himself.
T his is not a parliamentary meeting.
Why is he so bent on meeting at parliament?
Why doesn’t he convene that meeting where he may be strong a comfortable?
Freedom Hall is the UPP’S strength.
Why not schedule the meeting for there?
Who on earth are you advisors???
Alister and Chaku are really running you in the gutter and you are too bright to realise that.
He should go to AUA and invite the entire country
WHAT THE HELL…! …PAC AGENDA…? …OUTSIDE REALM AND REMIT: …MEETING OF MINDS OR MOCKERY…?’
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PUBLISHED ‘PAC’ AGENDA:
NOW:
GIVEN THE ‘…PUBLISHED ‘PAC’ AGENDA,’ IT APPEARS THAT ITEMS LISTED FOR DISCUSSION, MIGHT VERY WELL: be
(a) ‘…OUTSIDE OF THE REALM AND REMIT’ OF THE ‘..PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC).’
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HERE IS WHY:
THE ‘…CONSTITUTION ORDER’ SPECIFIES EXACTLY THAT WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN THE ‘…REALM AND REMIT’ OF THE ‘PAC.’
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IT STATES FOR EVERY PARLIAMENTARIAN TO COMPREHEND: that
(i) ‘…THERE SHALL BE APPOINTED A ‘…PAC:’
(ii) …ONE OF ITS MEMBERS SHALL BE THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FOR BARBUDA:
(iii) …THE ‘PAC’S DUTIES: shall be
(a) …TO CONSIDER THE ‘ACCOUNTS’ [CO: 1981: Sections 97 and 98]:
(b) …THIS SHALL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ‘…REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT: and
(c) …TO REPORT TO THE HOUSE.’
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CONSTITUTIONALIZED ROLE’ TO BE PLAYED BY ‘PAC:
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOME ‘..NUMB-SKULL PARLIAMENTARIANS’ ARE: either
(iv) ‘… NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ‘…CONSTITUTIONALIZED ROLE’ TO BE PLAYED: or may
(v) ‘…HAVE BEEN ILL-ADVISED AS TO THE ‘…AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY’ AS SPECIFIED.’
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PUBLIC SPECTACLE: …AT VARIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS:
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SHOULD THE ‘…PAC MEETING’ BE SEEN AS CALLED TO CREATE A ‘…PUBLIC SPECTACLE,’ THEN SUCH MEETING COULD BE SEEN AS BEING ‘…AT VARIANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.’
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EXPRESSED CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSES:
IT IS EXPECTED THAT ANY SUCH CALLED ‘…PAC MEETING,’ IT SHALL BE FOR THE ‘…EXPRESSED CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSES.’
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THESE, THEREFORE, ARE THAT WHICH ‘…PAC’ IS TO FOCUS UPON:
(i) ‘…THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT:
(ii) …LOOK AT ANY EXCESS: or
(iii) …UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE: and
(iv) …MEASURES ‘PAC’ CONSIDERS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ‘…PUBLIC FUNDS’ ARE PROPERLY SPENT’ [CO: 1981: Section 98 (a) & (b)].
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MEETING OF MINDS: …MOCKERY OF MEETING:
MEMBERS OF ‘PAC’ SHALL ALLOW THEIR ‘…MINDS TO MEET,’ BEFORE MAKING ‘…MOCKERY OF THE MEETING.’
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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WHETHER:
(a) ‘…PAC: or
(b) …PACT: or
(c) …PACK:’
THE MEMBERS SHALL NEVER BE SEEN AS A ‘..PAC’ OF ‘…JACK OR JENNY ASSES.’
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Who wants to listen to this blithering idiot? Not me. The UPP needs real leadership not this inexperienced attention whore.
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What will he think of next?
It is as pellucid as the distinction between darkness and light that the ALP coat hangers don’t understand the purpose of the Public Accounts Committee so in their ignorance, the best they can do us to resort to name calling. They seem to believe that Pringle is announcing a public meeting.
My friend Rawlston Pompey I do not usually agree with you but you are right on target with this one. I really do not know what the PAC will discuss with the agenda items listed. Based on the Constitution the PAC is only moved to act on reports from the Audit Department. The PAC cannot commission any reports since this has to be done by a Minister. The PAC’s only remit is to discuss the reports from the Audit Department and make recommendations to Parliament.
I believe Pringle doesn’t understand what the term of reference of the PAC is. He is way outside of the scooe with his agenda. He needs to focus in the financials of the audited statements that the government has presented. It’s like a board discussing the auditors management letter and the audited financials. What is there to discuss about social security. And who has he I invited to provide further explanation on the financials.
This guy is so inept he doesn’t understand what the hell he is doing