Public Financial Management post 5/11: An action plan for improvement (Part V)

Today is Election Day. It is the sincere hope of this column that peace will prevail in an atmosphere free of fear or intimidation, as citizens proceed to cast their votes for the political parties of their choice. Whatever, the outcome of the elections, it is incumbent on all citizens to respect the results so that the next government that is formed is allowed to proceed smoothly with management of the affairs of the State. Any lesser arrangement will be detrimental to the public good and the public interest.

This is the fifth in a series of articles on the above subject. Last week, we had posed 15 questions, the answers to which we believe can form the basis for the commencement of a process aimed at improvement. We discussed three of these relating to our cash resources,